ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Analgesia for Sheep in Commercial Production: Where to Next?
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 19 papers.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Potential of Selective COX-2 Inhibitor Mavacoxib for Extended Analgesia in Sheep Husbandry.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- When Pain Outlasts Our Drugs: The Case for Sustained-Release Analgesia in Sheep.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Feasibility and reliability of pressure algometry for mechanical nociceptive threshold quantification in lambs in a field environment.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Short communication: salivary cortisol concentrations and lying behavior of ewes in response to semi-laparoscopic and laparoscopic embryo transfer.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- Effects of administering local anesthesia immediately before surgical castration on indicators of pain and discomfort of beef calves.Translational animal science · 2025Article
- An Update on Australian Policy around Lamb Marking with Examination of Potential Drivers. Comment on Johnston et al. How Well Does Australian Animal Welfare Policy Reflect Scientific Evidence: A Case Study Approach Based on Lamb Marking.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Critical key points for anesthesia in experimental research involving sheep (Open veterinary journal · 2024Review
- Pain Relief Interventions in Australian Livestock Husbandry: A Review of Animal Welfare and Pain Duration.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Efficacy of a Lidocaine-Impregnated Elastrator Band for Castration and Tail Docking in Lambs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- An Exploration of Analgesia Options for Australian Sheep.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Assessment of the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Injectable Lidocaine and a Lidocaine-Impregnated Latex Band for Castration and Tail Docking in Lambs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Acute post-orchiectomy pain does not reduce alpha rams' interest in feed resources.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Improving analgesia provision for sheep: An analysis of farm medicine records and attitudes towards pain relief on sheep farms in Northern Ireland.Veterinary record open · 2023Article
- How Well Does Australian Animal Welfare Policy Reflect Scientific Evidence: A Case Study Approach Based on Lamb Marking.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Improving Ovine Behavioral Pain Diagnosis by Implementing Statistical Weightings Based on Logistic Regression and Random Forest Algorithms.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Role of Topical Anaesthesia in Pain Management of Farm Animals, a Changing Paradigm.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Effects of Ketorolac, Xylazine, and Bupivacaine Multimodal Analgesia on Goats.Archives of Razi Institute · 2022Article
- Development and Application of a High-Resolution Melting Analysis with Unlabeled Probes for the Screening of Short-Tailed SheepAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- The Neuroimmune Interface and Chronic Pain Through the Lens of Production Animals.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
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Abstract
Increasing societal and customer pressure to provide animals with 'a life worth living' continues to apply pressure on livestock production industries to alleviate pain associated with husbandry practices, injury and illness. Over the past 15-20 years, there has been considerable research effort to understand and develop mitigation strategies for painful husbandry procedures in sheep, leading to the successful launch of analgesic approaches specific to sheep in a number of countries. However, even with multi-modal approaches to analgesia, using both local anaesthetic and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), pain is not obliterated, and the challenge of pain mitigation and phasing out of painful husbandry practices remains. It is timely to review and reflect on progress to date in order to strategically focus on the most important challenges, and the avenues which offer the greatest potential to be incorporated into industry practice in a process of continuous improvement. A structured, systematic literature search was carried out, incorporating peer-reviewed scientific literature in the period 2000-2019. An enormous volume of research is underway, testament to the fact that we have not solved the pain and analgesia challenge for any species, including our own. This review has highlighted a number of potential areas for further research.
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