Animal sentience refers to the capacity of animals to feel both positive and negative
emotions including that of pain. As veterinary health professionals, we have a medical and …

This article reviews the current knowledge of pain assessment in cats and the most effective
methods for its alleviation. Excellent acute pain management is achievable in cats by using …

This paper is the 29th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning 30 years of research. It summarizes papers …

Opioids are the prototypical analgesics, antitussives, and antidiarrheal drug class. The
opioid receptor system or opioid effects have been identified in numerous animal species …

Pain management is a crucial component of feline medicine and surgery. This review
critically evaluates studies using buprenorphine in cats and highlights the clinical …

Objectives The objectives were to review systematically the range of assessment tools used
in cats to detect the behavioural expression of pain and the evidence of their quality; and to …

Most agents used for analgesia in small animal patients fall into the opioid or non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drug groups. The different categories of drugs influence pain processing …

Objective To compare the postoperative analgesic effects of intravenous (IV), intramuscular
(IM), subcutaneous (SC) or oral transmucosal (OTM) buprenorphine administered to cats …

Objective To describe simultaneous pharmacokinetics (PK) and thermal antinociception
after intravenous (IV), intramuscular (IM) and subcutaneous (SC) buprenorphine in cats …

Objective—To determine the thermal antinociceptive effect of oral administration of tramadol
hydrochloride at doses between 0.5 and 4 mg/kg in cats. Animals—6 healthy adult domestic …