Animal Pain Management: Insights Across Companion, Farm, and Laboratory Animals
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Clinical Studies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: anesthesia; pain management; loco-regional anaesthesia; laboratory animals
Interests: osteoarthritis management; chronic pain; orthopedic surgery; regenerative therapies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pain is a negative and unpleasant experience, and can be associated with the presence of tissue damage. In veterinary medicine, its management is complicated by the inability of animals to communicate their suffering as humans do. Scientific research is constantly advancing, allowing ways to better understand the main pathogenic mechanisms of pain. There is a search for new and valid diagnostic tools, as well as effective therapies that guarantee good efficacy with few side effects, in different animal species.
Based on this background, our goal is to present the most recent and innovative research conducted in veterinary medicine, with the aim of expanding knowledge in the field of pain management.
Dr. Caterina Di Bella
Dr. Luca Pennasilico
Dr. Elisa Silvia D'Urso
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nociception
- pain management
- loco-regional anesthesia
- analgesic therapies
- regenerative medicine
- small animals
- large animals
- laboratory animals
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