RVN's perceptions of confidence levels of veterinary professionals when assessing pain in rabbits

In human medicine, doctors can rely on their patient's ability to communicate where the pain is and how much pain they are in, however, we cannot communicate in the same language as animals and so we...

Pain scoring systems in the canine and feline patient

Increased recognition of the significance of animal pain and the necessity to control it has led to veterinary professionals looking to human medicine for guidance in how to quantify pain, a...

The nurses' role in managing gut stasis in rabbits

When a rabbit is brought into practice with gastrointestinal symptoms it is important to rapidly establish whether there is an obstruction requiring immediate emergency surgery or if gut stasis is the...

Feline pain assessment and scoring systems

Cats tend to hide pain as a protective mechanism and as a result their behaviour in response to pain is more subtle than in other species such as dogs (Capner et al, 1999). In addition, cats will...

Pain assessment and pain scoring models: a review

There is growing interest by veterinary clinical specialists in exploring the nature of an animal's reaction to pain and how best to treat it (Hansen, 2003). Pain assessment research in animals has...