Challenges of thermal nociceptive threshold testing in the donkey

Grint, Nicki; Whay, HR; Beths, Thierry; Yvorchuk, Kathy; Murrell, Joanna C

doi:10.1111/vaa.12182

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“…To compliment behavioural assessments, nociceptive threshold testing (NTT) has 47 been evaluated in the donkey [4][5][6][7], aiming to objectively measure the functional 48 state of the nociceptive system. Nociceptive threshold testing is an objective 49 method for investigation of threshold responses to different noxious stimuli, and 50 evaluates the somatosensory system in its entirety, including nociceptors, peripheraltube.…”

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Analysis of Behaviors Observed During Mechanical Nociceptive Threshold Testing in Donkeys and Horses

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Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

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Analysis of Behaviors Observed During Mechanical Nociceptive Threshold Testing in Donkeys and Horses

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“…In contrast, in pigs a strong side bias during fighting was associated with shorter fights (although not with fight outcome; [172]), which means that strong laterality could also help to reduce the risks of injuries during fighting. The side of the body was, however, not found to affect sensitivity to tactile stimulation and nociception in horses [95,99] and donkeys [174][175][176]. Altogether these results show no clear pattern yet.…”

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From Science to Practice: A Review of Laterality Research on Ungulate Livestock

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2019

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In functional laterality research, most ungulate livestock species have until recently been mainly overlooked. However, there are many scientific and practical benefits of studying laterality in ungulate livestock. As social, precocial and domestic species, they may offer insight into the mechanisms involved in the ontogeny and phylogeny of functional laterality and help to better understand the role of laterality in animal welfare. Until now, most studies on ungulate livestock have focused on motor laterality, but interest in other lateralized functions, e.g., cognition and emotions, is growing. Increasingly more studies are also focused on associations with age, sex, personality, health, stress, production and performance. Although the full potential of research on laterality in ungulate livestock is not yet exploited, findings have already shed new light on central issues in cognitive and emotional processing and laid the basis for potentially useful applications in future practice, e.g., stress reduction during human-animal interactions and improved assessments of health, production and welfare. Future research would benefit from further integration of basic laterality methodology (e.g., testing for individual preferences) and applied ethological approaches (e.g., established emotionality tests), which would not only improve our understanding of functional laterality but also benefit the assessment of animal welfare.

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“…Only areas on the left side of the face were evaluated, while it is known that there could be significant differences between the two sides 15 . However, no significant differences were found in horses and donkeys comparing the mechanical nociceptive threshold or thermal nociceptive threshold for the two sides of the body, 6,7,22,34 in healthy dogs between left and right side of the body using these quantitative sensory testing methods 16 and in humans when comparing the two sides of the face 3,36 . Distraction, boredom and fatigue are known to influence results 1 therefore our aim was to reduce the total experimental time.…”

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