Development of a Piglet Grimace Scale to Evaluate Piglet Pain Using Facial Expressions Following Castration and Tail Docking: A Pilot Study

Facial expressions are increasingly being used to assess pain in non-human species, including rodents, horses, and lambs. The development of these species-specific grimace scales has allowed for more rapid pain detection, which can lead to better animal welfare if intervention promptly occurs. For g...

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Published in:Front Vet Sci
Main Authors: Viscardi, Abbie V., Hunniford, Michelle, Lawlis, Penny, Leach, Matthew, Turner, Patricia V.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Veterinary Science
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5394162/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28459052
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00051
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