Effective management of pain is critical to the improvement of animal welfare. For this to
happen, pain must be recognised and assessed in a variety of contexts. Pain is a complex …

Simple Summary Facial activity can convey valid information about the experience of pain in
a horse. However, scoring of pain in horses based on facial activity is still in its infancy and …

Hot-iron disbudding, a husbandry procedure performed in dairy calves in which horn bud
growth is prevented through tissue cauterization, produces severe burns. Little is known …

Pain is a sensory and emotional experience that significantly affects animal welfare and has
negative impacts on the economics of farming. Pain is often associated with common …

Simple Summary Increasing societal and customer pressure to provide animals with 'a life
worth living'continues to apply pressure on industry to alleviate pain associated with …

Pain research in cattle has focused on the first few hours or days following the procedure,
and few studies have looked at the progression of pain during and, possibly, after healing …

Simple Summary Lambs are simultaneously subjected to several routine husbandry
practices that cause pain. One of the main factors that limit the use of analgesics in lambs is …

There is evidence that the presence of a conspecific can alter the experience of pain in
humans and other animals. This 'social buffering'may be mediated by factors such as …

A dor, além de ser uma experiência desagradável, é um mecanismo importante de proteção
do organismo e manutenção da vida, e o entendimento da sua fisiologia, suas principais …

Vocalization and other behavior signals are used as tools to assess animal welfare in beef
calves. This paper aimed to compare vocal parameters and behavior signals expressed by …