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Pain in small animals – its recognition and control
Author(s) -
YOXALL A. T.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1978.tb05517.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pain control , acupuncture , action (physics) , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , alternative medicine , anesthesia , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics
The importance of appreciating the presence of pain in small animals is discussed, and an outline of current concepts in the physiology of pain is presented. The clinical use of therapeutic agents in the control of pain is described. Some discussion on the mechanisms of action of acupuncture is included.