Advances in the Use of Therapeutic Drugs for Improved Animal Welfare
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Welfare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 16106
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal welfare; pain mitigation; pain measurement and evaluation; pharmacology of analgesic drugs
Interests: animal welfare; animal pain; pain management in livestock; pain measurement; pharmacology of pain management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pain is being increasingly recognized by pet owners and consumers of animal-based products as a major contributor to reduced animal welfare. In particular, consumers of animal products demand higher levels of welfare for farmed animals, and this includes reducing pain, especially where painful husbandry procedures are concerned. Currently, there are limitations on the number of therapeutic agents available for the treatment of pain in animals. This is especially the case for farmed animals, where the issues of cost, withholding period and prescribed medications may prevent the adoption of a widespread analgesic use.
This Special Issue seeks articles related to the management of pain in animals, including novel therapeutics, novel delivery methods of therapeutics and treatment of chronic pain.
Dr. Peter White
Dr. Dominique Van der Saag
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Pain management
- pain measurement
- delivery methods
- analgesics
- livestock
- chronic pain
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