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Horse Grimace Scale Does Not Detect Pain in Horses with Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome.
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- Gastroscopic Evaluation of Gastric Mucosa in Horses Treated With Flunixin Meglumine or High-Dose Firocoxib: A Descriptive Pilot Study.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Preliminary investigation of equine veterinary hospital staff attitudes towards pain assessment in a single centre.The Veterinary record · 2026Article
- Heart rate variability in horses with naturally occurring gastric ulcers: Response to omeprazole and sucralfate treatment.Open veterinary journal · 2026Article
- Physical vs. Behavioral Clinical Signs in Horses with Squamous and Glandular Gastric Ulcers.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Behavioral Signature of Equine Gastric Discomfort? Preliminary Retrospective Clinical Observations.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- How facial expressions reveal acute pain in domestic animals with facial pain scales as a diagnostic tool.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Evaluation of Owner-Reported Clinical Signs and Fecal Occult Blood Tests as Predictors of Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome in Competition Dressage Horses.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
- Parasympathetic tone activity, heart rate, and grimace scale in conscious horses of 3 breeds before, during, and after nociceptive mechanical stimulation.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
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Abstract
Equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) is a highly prevalent and presumptively painful condition, although the amount of pain horses might experience is currently unknown. The aims of this study were to determine if the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS) could identify pain behaviours in horses with and without EGUS and if severity would be positively associated with the HGS score. Horse grimace scale scores were assessed blindly using facial photographs by seven observers and involved evaluation of 6 facial action units as 0 (not present), 1 (moderately present) and 2 (obviously present). Lameness examination, serum amyloid A (SAA) measurement and gastroscopy evaluation were performed on all horses. Horses (
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