ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Pain, Pathophysiological Mechanisms, and New Therapeutic Options for Alternative Analgesic Agents in Sheep: A Review and Investigation.
Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Unfolding the Pharmacological Potentialities and Phytochemical Characterization of Pajanelia longifolia (Wild) Leaves: A Multidimensional Study via GC-MS/MS, In Vitro, In Vivo, and In Silico Approaches.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2026Article
- Effect ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Critical key points for anesthesia in experimental research involving sheep (Open veterinary journal · 2024Review
- An Exploration of Analgesia Options for Australian Sheep.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Relief from suffering is the guiding principle of medical and veterinary ethics. Medical care for animals should be carried out to meet all welfare conditions. The need for pain management is demonstrated by recent monographs devoting attention to this urgent ethical need. Little data, however, are available on the prevention and attenuation of pain in sheep. After administration of narcotic analgesics used for severe visceral pain, sheep react with a state of excitement. Therefore, it was decided to experimentally investigate the usefulness of potential non-narcotic drugs to relieve pain in sheep with intestinal colic caused by 10 min of mechanical distension of their duodenal and/or descending colonic wall. The results indicate the potential usefulness of VGCCIs (diltiazem, nifedipine, verapamil), cholecystokinin receptor antagonists (PD, proglumide), and metabotropic glutaminergic receptor antagonists (mGluRAs), such as L-AP
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