Pain management in farm animals: focus on cattle, sheep and pigs

PV Steagall, H Bustamante, CB Johnson, PV Turner - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pain causes behavioral, autonomic and neuroendocrine changes and is a
common cause of animal welfare compromise in farm animals. These recommendations …

Stem cells for cartilage repair: preclinical studies and insights in translational animal models and outcome measures

M Lo Monaco, G Merckx, J Ratajczak… - Stem Cells …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the restricted intrinsic capacity of resident chondrocytes to regenerate the lost
cartilage postinjury, stem cell‐based therapies have been proposed as a novel therapeutic …

Evaluation of sampling frequency, window size and sensor position for classification of sheep behaviour

E Walton, C Casey, J Mitsch… - Royal Society …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Automated behavioural classification and identification through sensors has the potential to
improve health and welfare of the animals. Position of a sensor, sampling frequency and …

Validation of the Unesp-Botucatu composite scale to assess acute postoperative abdominal pain in sheep (USAPS)

NEOF Silva, PHE Trindade, AR Oliveira, MO Taffarel… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
A scale with robust statistical validation is essential to diagnose pain and improve decision
making for analgesia. This blind, randomised, prospective and opportunist study aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between sheep farmer attitudes, beliefs, emotions and personality, and their barriers to uptake of best practice: The example of footrot

H O'Kane, E Ferguson, J Kaler, L Green - Preventive veterinary medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
There is interest in understanding how farmers' behaviour influences their management of
livestock. We extend the theory of planned behaviour with farmers attitudes, beliefs …

Evaluation of animal-based indicators to be used in a welfare assessment protocol for sheep

SE Richmond, F Wemelsfelder… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Sheep are managed under a variety of different environments (continually outdoors, partially
outdoors with seasonal or diurnal variation, continuously indoors) and for different purposes …

A within farm clinical trial to compare two treatments (parenteral antibacterials and hoof trimming) for sheep lame with footrot

GJ Wassink, EM King, R Grogono-Thomas… - Preventive veterinary …, 2010 - Elsevier
From observational studies, farmers who use parenteral antibacterials to promptly treat all
sheep with footrot (FR) or interdigital dermatitis (ID) have a prevalence of lameness of< 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Ovine footrot: A review of current knowledge

P Zanolari, S Dürr, J Jores, A Steiner, P Kuhnert - The Veterinary Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Footrot is a contagious foot disease mainly affecting sheep. It is caused by the Gram-
negative anaerobic bacterium Dichelobacter nodosus. Warm, wet environmental conditions …

A systematic review of animal based indicators of sheep welfare on farm, at market and during transport, and qualitative appraisal of their validity and feasibility for use …

P Llonch, EM King, KA Clarke, JM Downes… - The Veterinary …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the UK, it has been suggested that abattoirs are ideal locations to assess the welfare of
sheep as most are slaughtered at abattoirs either as finished lambs or cull ewes. Data from …

A cross-sectional study of the prevalence of lameness in finishing pigs, gilts and pregnant sows and associations with limb lesions and floor types on commercial …

AL Kilbride, CE Gillman, LE Green - Animal Welfare, 2009 - cambridge.org
The prevalence and risks for abnormal gait in finishing pigs (Sus scrofa), gilts and pregnant
sows from a representative cross-section of indoor and outdoor herds in the United Kingdom …