Studies were primarily related to the assessment of pain in relation to surgical procedures , and no clear distinction was made concerning the onset of acute and chronic pain .
The metrics used within the tools appeared to focus primarily on the sensory aspect of pain , with no study clearly discriminating between the sensory and affective components of pain .
Objectives The objectives were to review systematic ally the range of assessment tools used in cats to detect the behavioural expression of pain and the evidence of their quality ; and to examine behavioural metrics ( considering both the sensory and affective domains ) used to assess pain .
Efficacy of non-acaricidal containing otic preparations in the treatment of otoacariasis in dogs and cats
Eighty-nine cats and 38 dogs naturally infested with the ear mite Otodectes cynotis were r and omly allocated into two treatment groups . One group was treated with a product containing miconazole nitrate , polymyxin B sulphate and prednisolone acetate , the other with a combination of diethanolamine fusi date , framycetin sulphate , nystatin and prednisolone . The treatment ( five drops in each ear ) was applied twice daily for 14 days , and its efficacy was evaluated on days 7 , 14 and 21 on the basis of an otoscopic examination of the external ear canal , a microscopical examination of scrapings for the presence of ear mites and clinical signs of pruritus , pain , erythema and /or exu date . Both treatments were highly effective , and there were no significant differences between the two products , either in efficacy or in the clinical improvements observed . Apart from an allergic reaction in one cat treated with the second product , no adverse effects were observed
Studies were primarily related to the assessment of pain in relation to surgical procedures , and no clear distinction was made concerning the onset of acute and chronic pain .
The metrics used within the tools appeared to focus primarily on the sensory aspect of pain , with no study clearly discriminating between the sensory and affective components of pain .
Objectives The objectives were to review systematic ally the range of assessment tools used in cats to detect the behavioural expression of pain and the evidence of their quality ; and to examine behavioural metrics ( considering both the sensory and affective domains ) used to assess pain .