Development of a Piglet Grimace Scale to Evaluate Piglet Pain Using Facial Expressions Following Castration and Tail Docking: A Pilot Study
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DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00051
Abstract: Facial expressions are increasingly being used to assess pain in non-human species, including rodents, horses, and lambs. The development of these species-specific grimace scales has allowed for more rapid pain detection, which can lead to… read more here.
Keywords: facial expressions; castration tail; castration; piglet ... See more keywords