ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (10): 1592-1599.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2014.10.003

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Advances in Animal Identification and Assessment of Pain

YUAN Li-guo1,2,XIONG Hui-jun1,2,JIA Kun1,2,TANG You-zhi1,2,WANG Heng1,2,SUN Ling-shuang1,2,SUN Yao1,2,HAN Tai-guang1,2,LI Shou-jun1,2*   

  1. (1.College of Veterinary Medicine,South China Agricultural University,Guangzhou 510642,China;2.Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases,Guangzhou 510642,China)
  • Received:2014-03-26 Online:2014-10-23 Published:2014-10-23

Abstract:

The high incidence of pain in animals is often overlooked by the feeders and veterinarians,however,the adverse effects caused by the pain are widely existed,which are not only reflected in intense stress response to the animal’s body,but also seriously affect the quality of animals’ life and even fatal.And then,this will affect human social life.On the other hand,the pain to experimental animal would cause deviation of scientific data and low accuracy.Therefore,how scientific evaluate pain to animals and develop individualized interventions are key factors to achieve effective pain management,which is very important to not only animals but also human society.By literature searches,we reviewing the status of animal pain research,analyzes future trends,and this project intends to provide a foundation to minimize the pain in animals,eliminate pain adverse effects,develop animal pain interventions and improve animal welfare.The project also provides a theoretical basis to better fulfill the rights and obligations of OIE,for eliminating barriers to international trade,improve human life and even improve study of human pain medicine.

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