Anaesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Clinical Studies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 767
Special Issue Editors
Interests: veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia; laboratory animal medicine
Interests: physiology of reproduction; translational medicine; animal models
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Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the most recent advancements in anaesthesia and analgesia for laboratory animals.
Biomedical research involves several animal species including rodents, rabbits, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, ruminants, swine, dogs and cats, and non-human primates. Anaesthesia or analgesic treatment in these animals is required in several situations, either correlated with the experimental procedures or with the clinical conditions of the animals. In these cases, the anaesthetic and analgesic approach should consider not only the species-specific characteristics, in some cases the peculiarities of the strain, but also the objectives and the requirements of the research protocol. It is now widely recognised that the refinement of the anaesthesia and analgesia is crucial not only for ensuring animal wellbeing, but also for high-quality research outcomes.
We therefore invite the submission of original studies, case reports, or reviews focusing on anaesthesia and analgesia, including loco-regional anaesthetic techniques, specifically refined for laboratory animal species.
Dr. Carlotta Lambertini
Dr. Domenico Ventrella
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- analgesia
- anesthesia
- animal models
- biomedical research
- experimental surgery
- refinement
- translational medicine
- 3Rs
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