Scientific assessment and management of animal pain /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Office of Epizootics
Other Authors: Mellor, David J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Paris, France : World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), [2008]
Series:Technical series (International Office of Epizootics) ; no. 10.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pain and pain management - overview
  • Pain management: an international perspective
  • Public perceptions of animal pain and animal welfare
  • Pain as an animal welfare issue
  • A cost-benefit analysis of pain relief for farm animals
  • Pain-free animals: an acceptable alternative
  • Pain and pain management - clinical perspectives
  • Behavioural effects of pain in animals
  • Practical pain management in dogs and cats
  • Pain and pain management: a pharmacological perspective
  • Pain and pain management - research perspectives
  • New approaches to identifying and measuring pain
  • New research on pain-alleviating methods for farm animals
  • Identifying pain in farm animals
  • Pain and pain management - laboratory animal perspectives
  • Avoiding and alleviating pain in research animals
  • Lessons learned from pain management in humans
  • Conclusion.