ReviewFrontiers in veterinary science2016
A Review of Pain Assessment in Pigs.
Review in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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73 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Consumers' Attitudes towards Animal Suffering: A Systematic Review on Awareness, Willingness and Dietary Change.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- How Do Women and Domestic Animals Share Parturition Pain? A Systematic Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Anaesthesia for pigs, sheep, goats and cattle involved in biomedical research: FELASA working group guidelines-Parts I-IV.Laboratory animals · 2026Article
- Animal welfare and sustainability in pork production: a pilot study of farmer and veterinarian perspectives in North America.Porcine health management · 2026Article
- Efficacy of intranasal non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on pain responses in castrated and tail-docked piglets.Porcine health management · 2026Article
- Unravelling pain in Göttingen Minipigs undergoing experimentally induced closed-chest myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Diagnostic imaging findings and management of osteoarthritis in pigs with image-guided intra-articular injections.Veterinary surgery : VS · 2025Article
- The Correlation Between Body Pain Indicators and the Facial Expression Scale in Sows During Farrowing and Pre-Weaning: The Effects of Parity, the Farrowing Moment, and Suckling Events.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Editorial: from Brambell to beyond: advancing pig welfare through the five freedoms framework.Porcine health management · 2025Article
- An injectable oleogel-based bupivacaine formulation for prolonged non-opioid post-operative analgesia.Drug delivery and translational research · 2025Article
- Part II: understanding pain in pigs-pain assessment in pigs with spontaneously occurring diseases or injuries.Porcine health management · 2025Review
- Part I: understanding pain in pigs-basic knowledge about pain assessment, measures and therapy.Porcine health management · 2025Review
- Proposing a short version of the Unesp-Botucatu pig acute pain scale using a novel application of machine learning technique.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Pig tail length is associated with the prevalence of tail malformations but not with inflammation of the tail.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Tail Length and Tail Kinks in Piglets.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Pig farming practices compromising biosecurity and causing poor welfare of pigs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- How facial expressions reveal acute pain in domestic animals with facial pain scales as a diagnostic tool.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Optimising the selection of welfare indicators in farm animals.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Clinical interpretation of body language and behavioral modifications to recognize pain in domestic mammals.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
13 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
There is a moral obligation to minimize pain in pigs used for human benefit. In livestock production, pigs experience pain caused by management procedures, e.g., castration and tail docking, injuries from fighting or poor housing conditions, "management diseases" like mastitis or streptococcal meningitis, and at parturition. Pigs used in biomedical research undergo procedures that are regarded as painful in humans, but do not receive similar levels of analgesia, and pet pigs also experience potentially painful conditions. In all contexts, accurate pain assessment is a prerequisite in (a) the estimation of the welfare consequences of noxious interventions and (b) the development of more effective pain mitigation strategies. This narrative review identifies the sources of pain in pigs, discusses the various assessment measures currently available, and proposes directions for future investigation.
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