Cancer-induced bone pain, despite its frequency and severity, is a poorly understood phenomenon in people and animals. Despite excitement regarding translational osteosarcoma studies, there is a lack of attention toward examining cancer pain in dogs. In this pilot study, we used a multimodal pain...

Many pain scales have been proposed for postoperative pain assessment in dogs. This study aimed to determine the canine pain scale with few measurement errors and high usefulness. Three independent evaluators used five types of pain scales to evaluate pain in 13 dogs. The pain scales were: a visual ...

Objective: To develop and assess the efficacy of an ultrasound (US)-guided pericapsular hip desensitization (PHD) technique in dogs. Study design: Prospective, randomized, anatomical study and a case series. Animals: A total of 30 healthy dogs, eight canine cadavers and seven dogs with hip...

Background: Clinical canine massage involves muscle tissue manipulation and fascial release techniques to rehabilitate injured soft tissues. Quantitative efficacy data are lacking. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine how dogs respond to canine massage therapy practiced by Canine Massage...

Objective: Bedinvetmab is a canine monoclonal antibody targeting nerve growth factor . This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of bedinvetmab for alleviation of pain associated with osteoarthritis in dogs. Study design: Double-blind, randomized, multicentre, placebo-controlled study. Animals:...

Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease in dogs. Despite the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), many owners seek natural therapies; either to augment the response to NSAIDs, or as a replacement. Substantial research has been directed to investigation of novel therapies. A ...

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is common in dogs and causes chronic pain that affects the quality of life and may not respond to analgesics. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether low-level laser therapy (LLLT) would improve the quality of life and help reducing systemic...

A 14-year-old intact mixed breed dog (26 kg) was submitted for a novel cannabidiol (CBD) analgesic treatment. The dog was cachectic and had a testicular neoplasia, hip and elbow osteoarthritis and severe cervical pain. Analgesic treatment included canine osteoarthritic supplement, robencoxib and...

The Canine Brief Pain Inventory (CBPI) is an owner-administered questionnaire, originally developed and validated in English, used to assess canine chronic pain in terms of severity and interference with daily life activities. The aim of the present study was to perform a preliminary validation of...

Laws, regulations and professional standards increasingly aim to ban or restrict non-therapeutic tail docking in canine puppies. These constraints have usually been justified by reference to loss of tail participation in communication between dogs, the acute pain presumed to be caused during...