Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10998880 | Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia | 2012 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Repeatability was acceptable only during the second week of testing and measures changed with repeated testing and increased with increasing piglet weight, indicating that time (age) and animal body weight should be taken into account when measuring mechanical (nociceptive) thresholds in piglets. Mechanical (nociceptive) thresholds can be used both for testing the efficacy of anaesthetics and analgesics, and for assessing hyperalgesia in chronic pain states in research and clinical settings.
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Authors
Andrew M Janczak, Birgit Ranheim, Torunn K Fosse, Sophie Hild, Janicke Nordgreen, Randi O Moe, Adroaldo J Zanella,