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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Assessment of Pain and Inflammation in Domestic Animals Using Infrared Thermography: A Narrative Review |
Author: | Whittaker, A.L. Muns, R. Wang, D. Martínez-Burnes, J. Hernández-Ávalos, I. Casas-Alvarado, A. Domínguez-Oliva, A. Mota-Rojas, D. |
Citation: | Animals, 2023; 13(13):1-26 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
ISSN: | 2076-2615 2076-2615 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Alexandra L. Whittaker, Ramon Muns, Dehua Wang, Julio Martínez-Burnes, Ismael Hernández-Ávalos, Alejandro Casas-Alvarado, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, and Daniel Mota-Rojas |
Abstract: | Pain assessment in domestic animals has gained importance in recent years due to the recognition of the physiological, behavioral, and endocrine consequences of acute pain on animal production, welfare, and animal model validity. Current approaches to identifying acute pain mainly rely on behavioral-based scales, quantifying pain-related biomarkers, and the use of devices monitoring sympathetic activity. Infrared thermography is an alternative that could be used to correlate the changes in the superficial temperature with other tools and thus be an additional or alternate acute pain assessment marker. Moreover, its non-invasiveness and the objective nature of its readout make it potentially very valuable. However, at the current time, it is not in widespread use as an assessment strategy. The present review discusses scientific evidence for infrared thermography as a tool to evaluate pain, limiting its use to monitor acute pain in pathological processes and invasive procedures, as well as its use for perioperative monitoring in domestic animals. |
Keywords: | nociception; inflammatory response; invasive procedures; surgery; analgesia; castration; teeth clipping; infrared thermography (IRT) |
Rights: | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). |
DOI: | 10.3390/ani13132065 |
Published version: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/13/2065 |
Appears in Collections: | Animal and Veterinary Sciences publications |
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