Gabapentin: Clinical use and pharmacokinetics in dogs, cats, and horses

F Di Cesare, V Negro, G Ravasio, R Villa, S Draghi… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant drug effective in humans to control
neuropathic pain. In veterinary medicine, is extra-label used in combination with other …

Objective pain assessment in horses (2014–2018)

J Van Loon, MC Van Dierendonck - The Veterinary Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent decades, much effort has been invested in scientific studies of objective and
reliable assessment of pain in horses. Various types of pain assessment tools have been …

Facial expressions of horses using weighted multivariate statistics for assessment of subtle local pain induced by polylactide-based polymers implanted …

JRG Carvalho, PHE Trindade, G Conde, ML Antonioli… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Facial expression (FE) has been used for pain diagnosis in horses. The
current study aimed to identify pain in horses undergoing under-skin polylactide-based …

Predictive modeling toward refinement of behavior-based pain assessment in horses

PHE Trindade, PB da Rocha, B Driessen… - Applied Animal …, 2023 - Elsevier
After 25 years of studies on methodologies for behavioral assessment of equine pain, the
Unesp-Botucatu Horse Acute Pain Scale (UHAPS) and the Orthopedic Composite Pain …

Pain assessment in horses after orthopaedic surgery and with orthopaedic trauma

J Van Loon, MC Van Dierendonck - The Veterinary Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective pain assessment is important to guide and tailor therapy in clinical practice. This
study describes the clinical applicability and validity of two pain scales, the Composite Pain …

Spontaneous behaviors of post-orchiectomy pain in horses regardless of the effects of time of day, anesthesia, and analgesia

PHE Trindade, MO Taffarel, SPL Luna - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Confounding factors may hinder the estimation of pain in horses. The
current study aimed to identify spontaneous post-castration pain behaviors in horses …

Understanding and treating equine behavioural problems

SL Carroll, BW Sykes, PC Mills - The Veterinary Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Behaviour-related issues are common in horses. Many 'undesirable behaviours' pose
important safety concerns for the human handlers/riders/carers, as well as welfare concerns …

Pharmacokinetics and antinociceptive effects of the soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitor t‐TUCB in horses with experimentally induced radiocarpal synovitis

AGP Guedes, F Aristizabal, A Sole… - Journal of veterinary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study determined the pharmacokinetics, antinociceptive, and anti‐inflammatory effects
of the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) inhibitor t‐TUCB (trans‐4‐{4‐[3‐(4‐Trifluoromethoxy …

Functional infrared thermography imaging can be used to assess the effectiveness of Maxicam Gel® in pre-emptively treating transient synovitis and lameness in …

JRG Carvalho, D Del Puppo, TO Littiere… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Diagnosing and treating lameness in horses is essential to improving their
welfare. In equine orthopedic practice, infrared thermography (IRT) can indirectly detect …

Development of an ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation technique in the equine cadaveric distal limb: histological findings and potential for treating chronic …

M Amari, V Rabbogliatti, G Ravasio… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Radiofrequency (RF) relieves chronic pain in humans, but it is unexplored in
horses affected by chronic lameness. This study aims to describe the technique and the …