Anesthesiology & Pain Management

Mark Epstein, DVM, DABVP (Canine/Feline), CVPP, medical director of TotalBond Veterinary Hospitals and Carolinas Animal Pain Management in Gastonia, North Carolina, says the most important tool in the non-pharmacological toolbox is weight optimization.

Panelists B. Duncan X. Lascelles, BVSc, PhD, DACVS; Margaret Gruen, DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB; Bryan T. Torres, DVM, PhD, DACVS-SA, DACVSMR; and Sheilah Robertson, BVMS, PhD, DACVAA, DACAW, discuss the challenges in assessing pain in companion animals as well as highlight available assessment tools.

More research on effectiveness is needed, but unless adverse events are reported, its a treatment worth keeping in mind for your veterinary patients.

This Leadership Challenge highlights the poignant end of a pets life.

Veterinary researchers are examining whether a decrease in eye temperature may give visual clues that point to stress to a cow's nervous system.

Vet Online Supply, Inc. recently launched the first round of pet products containing cannabidiol to help treat pain associated with arthritis, digestive issues, and more.

Bryan Torres, DVM, assistant professor of small animal orthopedic surgery and director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at the University of Missouri, talks about how the veterinary profession is getting better at recognizing and treating patients with canine osteoarthritis.

To treat your painful patients effectively, you must know how to assess their pain level—a determination that can be particularly difficult in cats.

You can speak up and tell your doctor what your pain level is on a scale of 1 to 5, but it’s not that simple for an animal. Veterinarians need to be aware of the sometimes subtle signs of pain in pets and be ready to take the next steps to alleviate additional suffering.

Mark Epstein, DVM, DABVP (Canine/Feline), CVPP, medical director of TotalBond Veterinary Hospitals and Carolinas Animal Pain Management in Gastonia, North Carolina, explains a few things veterinarians need to accept when it comes to pain management.

Researchers are developing coding systems that would enable them to read animal facial expressions.

The last thing you want is to allow a pet to experience or subsist in pain. Take a trip through this photo gallery to make sure your pain detector is set on high and ready to take action.

I know, I knowyouve already learned about opioids in school. But considering their prominence in veterinary pain control, its never a bad time to brush up on the basics.

Emergency and critical care specialist Dr. Garret Pachtinger shares the veterinary monitors he couldnt live without and explains why theyre so vital.

Dr. Robin Downing wants you to see how you can help lead the way to a brighter future for all pets.

Early diagnosis of musculoskeletal pain in horses is key in preventing lameness and enabling optimal performance. How can a horse’s facial expressions help with early pain detection?

That's your veterinary team and a good client questionnaire. Hear all about it from pain management specialist Dr. Michael Petty.

Here are the most common conditions Lap of Love hospice veterinarians see in their mobile euthanasia practiceand pointers on how to ease clients and patients down this difficult path.

Pet owners need hospice and euthanasia help in your patients rough moments. Brush up on your client communication and manage these exam room and home encounters right.

A research team from the University of Cambridge has developed an automated system that uses facial recognition to detect and assess pain in sheep.

Caring for pets in their final moments is a frequent reality for veterinary professionals. Here are 30 of the most raw, poignant, honest and sometimes rueful confessions to highlight this special responsibility you have to your patients.

The rat grimace scale is a reliable way to determine pain levels in rats following surgical experimental procedures.

Here's our weekly rundown of new and notable veterinary products.

Theres a lot of crazy info out there when it comes to canine joint health and mobility. (Elk antler, anyone?) Arm yourself with the evidence and position your veterinary practice as the trusted source of reliable data.

Experts discuss the use of firocoxib in horses, including benefits of selective COX-2 inhibition, FDA restrictions, and the importance of proper dosing.

In a recent study, robenacoxib injected subcutaneously at a dosage of 2.0 mg/kg/day for 3 days controlled pain associated with soft tissue surgery in dogs.

A team of researchers has found that declawing domestic cats can lead to some unexpected adverse outcomes.

In a recent study, researchers investigated the use of a transdermal lidocaine patch for added pain control in dogs receiving morphine and carprofen after ovariohysterectomy.

Sleeping more, eating less, not using the litter box. These behaviors might not signal pain to the owners of your veterinary patientsunless you clue them in first.

Pain + pain = pain squared? Some advice from Dr. Michael Petty on how to get that pain score back to 0.