Effects of early human handling on the pain sensitivity of young lambs

Guesgen, M.J.; Beausoleil, Ngaio J.; Stewart, Mairi

doi:10.1111/j.1467-2995.2012.00746.x

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“…Even if pain responses in males and females are the same at birth, males have been shown to have a reduced sensitivity to pain in comparison with females as they age (Guesgen et al, 2011), suggesting a divergence in the ontogeny of pain processing systems. Other factors, such as the animal's personality (Ijichi et al, 2014), whether there is social support (Guesgen et al, 2014), whether the animal has had previous experience with the context of the pain such as with handling (Guesgen et al, 2013), or if there is a presence of a human, particularly a male (Sorge et al, 2014), can affect how an animal deals with and responds to pain. These additional influences add a layer of complexity when trying to assess and manage animal pain.…”

Section: Additional Factors Affecting Pain Experiencementioning

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Conceptual and methodological issues relating to pain assessment in mammals: The development and utilisation of pain facial expression scales

McLennan

Miller

Costa

et al. 2019

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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Highlights 1. There are conceptual and methodological problems for animal pain assessment 2. Facial expression scales are valid, reliable pain recognition and evaluation tools 3. Consistent and careful development of facial expression scales is required 4. Facial expression scales need feasibility testing to aid use in clinical practice 5. Guidelines are provided for development and use of facial expression scales Conceptual and methodological issues relating to pain assessment in mammals: the development and utilisation of pain facial expression scales.

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Section: Additional Factors Affecting Pain Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

Conceptual and methodological issues relating to pain assessment in mammals: The development and utilisation of pain facial expression scales

McLennan

Miller

Costa

et al. 2019

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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“…New methods, approaches, and technology for farming may also help with pain mitigation. For instance, interaction with humans and handling during the first 2 weeks of life decreased pain sensitivity in lambs and could be integrated to sheep farming [ 36 ]. Similar findings have been observed in pigs [ 37 ].…”

Section: Challenges In Pain Management and Misconceptionsmentioning

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Pain Management in Farm Animals: Focus on Cattle, Sheep and Pigs

Steagall

Bustamante

Johnson

et al. 2021

Animals

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Pain causes behavioral, autonomic, and neuroendocrine changes and is a common cause of animal welfare compromise in farm animals. Current societal and ethical concerns demand better agricultural practices and improved welfare for food animals. These guidelines focus on cattle, sheep, and pigs, and present the implications of pain in terms of animal welfare and ethical perspectives, and its challenges and misconceptions. We provide an overview of pain management including assessment and treatment applied to the most common husbandry procedures, and recommendations to improve animal welfare in these species. A cost-benefit analysis of pain mitigation is discussed for food animals as well as the use of pain scoring systems for pain assessment in these species. Several recommendations are provided related to husbandry practices that could mitigate pain and improve farm animal welfare. This includes pain assessment as one of the indicators of animal welfare, the use of artificial intelligence for automated methods and research, and the need for better/appropriate legislation, regulations, and recommendations for pain relief during routine and husbandry procedures.

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“…Psychosocial factors can also affect animal behaviour, leading to social contagion or social buffering, and the behavioural response to castration or tail docking can be reduced by the presence of a familiar conspecific [15,16]. Familiarity with the environment and familiarity with being handled can also reduce the behavioural response to a painful procedure such as tail docking [16,17].…”

Section: Non-pharmacological Modulators Of the Pain Responsementioning

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Analgesia for Sheep in Commercial Production: Where to Next?

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Fisher

et al. 2021

Animals

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Increasing societal and customer pressure to provide animals with ‘a life worth living’ continues to apply pressure on livestock production industries to alleviate pain associated with husbandry practices, injury and illness. Over the past 15–20 years, there has been considerable research effort to understand and develop mitigation strategies for painful husbandry procedures in sheep, leading to the successful launch of analgesic approaches specific to sheep in a number of countries. However, even with multi-modal approaches to analgesia, using both local anaesthetic and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), pain is not obliterated, and the challenge of pain mitigation and phasing out of painful husbandry practices remains. It is timely to review and reflect on progress to date in order to strategically focus on the most important challenges, and the avenues which offer the greatest potential to be incorporated into industry practice in a process of continuous improvement. A structured, systematic literature search was carried out, incorporating peer-reviewed scientific literature in the period 2000–2019. An enormous volume of research is underway, testament to the fact that we have not solved the pain and analgesia challenge for any species, including our own. This review has highlighted a number of potential areas for further research.

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Effects of early human handling on the pain sensitivity of young lambs

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Conceptual and methodological issues relating to pain assessment in mammals: The development and utilisation of pain facial expression scales

Conceptual and methodological issues relating to pain assessment in mammals: The development and utilisation of pain facial expression scales

Pain Management in Farm Animals: Focus on Cattle, Sheep and Pigs

Analgesia for Sheep in Commercial Production: Where to Next?

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