Excellent analgesia management starts with pain assessment. If we understand how uncomfortable our patients are, we can start to tailor a...

The Importance of the GenPup-M Mobility Questionnaire in Veterinary Medicine Mobility problems in dogs are a significant health concern,...

Most clinical problems and a significant number of scientific studies involve pain. Pain identification, followed by attitudes towards...

PEA is short for palmitoylethanolamide. PEA is an N-acylethanolamine - naturally occurring lipid mediator molecules composed of a fatty...

Calculation of local anaesthetic volume required for retrobulbar block in dogs Enucleation is a routine salvage procedure performed in...

September is Animal Pain Awareness Month .  Our Big Pain Survey is now live! Open to all veterinary professionals worldwide.  Pain...

Now wouldn't it be great if we could extend the duration of action of our nerve block and offer extended comfort to our patients? In this...

Abstract Objective: To audit factors which influence nociception in dogs and cats undergoing dental extractions. To assess...

In our view, methadone is a really versatile opioid. That’s the reason we wrote a webinar on the topic entitled ‘Methadone, the most...

Pain trials are a valuable tool to use in managing your chronic pain cases. In this Pain Update we review how we use pain trials, what we...

Our latest Pain Update reviews the literature around controlling the response to rhinoscopy in dogs. The main paper we review (Kim et al...

For a number of years now we have been performing a bilateral maxillary nerve block for our BOAS cases at Anderson Moores Vet...

Over the 20 years that I have been a vet, we have seen remarkable steps taken towards our understanding of pain assessment in animals....

September is Animal Pain Awareness Month, and we are launching our first ever Big Pain Survey! It's your chance to share your thoughts...

The need for a procedure-specific approach Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has been on the agenda of our medical colleagues since...

How many cats suffer with osteoarthritis (OA)? At what age do cats begin to show signs of OA? How many cats with OA do you see each week?...

Is it an alternative to morphine? From time to time the availability of preservative-free morphine for epidural use becomes challenging....

Although this seems a popular block, there have always been doubts over the efficacy due to the anatomy of the nerves that are required...

For our latest pain update, Matt reviews this paper entitled; ‘Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil activation protects against the...

In this WSAVA Global Pain Council capsule review, these simple and cost-effective techniques are covered. Read the capsule review here ....