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Animal Pain

Perception and Alleviation

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  • © 1983

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Editors:
  1. Ralph L. Kitchell

    1. Department of Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA

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  2. Howard H. Erickson

    1. Department of Anatomy and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA

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  • Intended as a source of basic information about the perception and alleviation of pain in animals

  • Useful for scientific investigators working in this area

  • Reflects the results of a 1982 landmark symposium on animal pain sponsored in part by the APS

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Perception of Pain

    1. Peripheral Mechanisms Involved in Pain

      • Lawrence Kruger, Barbara E. Rodin
      Pages 1-26

    2. Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Nociception

      • Ainsley Iggo
      Pages 27-39

    3. Ascending Pathways Transmitting Nociceptive Information in Animals

      • William D. Willis Jr.
      Pages 41-62

    4. Supraspinal Pain Mechanisms in the Cat

      • Kenneth L. Casey, Thomas J. Morrow
      Pages 63-81

    5. Descending Control of Spinal Nociceptive Transmission

      • E. Carstens
      Pages 83-105

    6. Stimulation-Produced Analgesia

      • Thomas L. Wolfle, John C. Liebeskind
      Pages 107-115

    7. Human and Nonhuman Primate Reactions to Painful Electrocutaneous Stimuli and to Morphine

      • Charles J. Vierck Jr., Brian Y. Cooper, Richard H. Cohen
      Pages 117-132

    8. Concepts of General Anesthesia and Assessment of Adequacy of Anesthesia for Animal Surgery

      • Eugene P. Steffey
      Pages 133-150

    9. Perspectives on Phylogenetic Evolution of Pain Expression

      • Stephen G. Dennis, Ronald Melzack
      Pages 151-160

  3. Alleviation of Pain

    1. Species Differences in Drug Disposition as Factors in Alleviation of Pain

      • Lloyd E. Davis
      Pages 161-178

    2. Evaluation of Analgesic Drugs in Horses

      • William V. Lumb, Ney L. Pippi, Marissak Kalpravidh
      Pages 179-205

    3. Control of Pain in Dogs and Cats

      • Howard C. Hughes, C. Max Lang
      Pages 207-216

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 217-221
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Keywords

About this book

Pain is a complex physiological phenomenon; it is hard to define satisfactorily in human beings, and it is extremely difficult to recognize and interpret in animals. Scientific knowledge concerning pain per­ ception in animals must be obtained by drawing analogies based on comparative anatomy, physiology, and pathology and by inference based on subjective responses to pain experienced by humans. Debate continues about whether animals of different species perceive pain similarly and whether any species perceives pain the same way hu­ mans do. The use of animals in research, in education, and in testing products to minimize adverse effects requires more knowledge about pain perception in animals. Increasing public concern about animal welfare has added urgency to this need. Our knowledge of the scientific basis of the mechanisms of pain has advanced substantially in the last two decades. Nociceptors, or pain receptors, are widespread in the skin and tissues of animals; chemical mediation of nociceptor excitation may provide a key to understanding the peripheral phenomena related to pain. The expression of pain in animals involves multiple ascending and descending branches as well as specialized pain-signaling mechanisms in the spinal cord. The importance of these different pathways varies with species and circum­ stances. Endogenous neural systems in the brain stem and forebrain, including both opioid and nonopioid mechanisms, may modulate the central transmission of nociceptive signals in animals.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA

    Ralph L. Kitchell

  • Department of Anatomy and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA

    Howard H. Erickson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Animal Pain

  • Book Subtitle: Perception and Alleviation

  • Editors: Ralph L. Kitchell, Howard H. Erickson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7562-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: American Physiological Society 1983

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-7562-0Published: 27 May 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 250

  • Additional Information: Originally Published by Lippincott William and Wilkins 1983

  • Topics: Animal Physiology

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