Pain management in livestock species is a critical and challenging welfare issue facing veterinarians and producers on a global level. Pain is a clinically important condition that adversely affects an animal’s quality of life and when left unmitigated can result in detrimental outcomes to both the physical and affective state of the animal. Prevention or alleviation of pain is important from a welfare perspective but consideration must be taken to ensure pain management protocols are effective, realistic to implement on farm and safe to administer in food producing animals. This special issue will revolve around aspects pertaining to the science of pain management in livestock species. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in areas of suppressing, minimizing and managing pain as a byproduct of a production practice.
The goal of this Research Topic is to bring together a collection of papers that individually and collectively assess pain management protocols to mitigate pain associated with common husbandry procedures or conditions occurring in livestock species. In so doing, these insights will identify novel strategies currently be used on farm and identify gaps that need to be addressed to improve on-farm management of pain.
We welcome the submission of manuscripts including, but not limited to, the following topics: Efficacy of pharmaceutical intervention strategies on-farm; Analgesic and/or anesthetic models implemented for the control of pain associated with production practices or pain as a byproduct of disease; Alternative management practices to reduce or eliminate painful procedures, and efficacy assessment including potential logistical or economic challenges associated with such alternatives; Refinement and/or validation of clinical end-points for objectively assessing pain in livestock species; Including but not limited to behavioral and physiological biomarkers.
Pain management in livestock species is a critical and challenging welfare issue facing veterinarians and producers on a global level. Pain is a clinically important condition that adversely affects an animal’s quality of life and when left unmitigated can result in detrimental outcomes to both the physical and affective state of the animal. Prevention or alleviation of pain is important from a welfare perspective but consideration must be taken to ensure pain management protocols are effective, realistic to implement on farm and safe to administer in food producing animals. This special issue will revolve around aspects pertaining to the science of pain management in livestock species. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in areas of suppressing, minimizing and managing pain as a byproduct of a production practice.
The goal of this Research Topic is to bring together a collection of papers that individually and collectively assess pain management protocols to mitigate pain associated with common husbandry procedures or conditions occurring in livestock species. In so doing, these insights will identify novel strategies currently be used on farm and identify gaps that need to be addressed to improve on-farm management of pain.
We welcome the submission of manuscripts including, but not limited to, the following topics: Efficacy of pharmaceutical intervention strategies on-farm; Analgesic and/or anesthetic models implemented for the control of pain associated with production practices or pain as a byproduct of disease; Alternative management practices to reduce or eliminate painful procedures, and efficacy assessment including potential logistical or economic challenges associated with such alternatives; Refinement and/or validation of clinical end-points for objectively assessing pain in livestock species; Including but not limited to behavioral and physiological biomarkers.