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 .
Vedaprofen therapy in cats with upper respiratory tract infection or following ovariohysterectomy.
OBJECTIVES The antipyretic and analgesic efficacy of vedaprofen ( at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg ) was evaluated after repeated once-daily administration ( for three or five days ) to 80 cats with upper respiratory tract disease or 302 cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy .  METHODS Both clinical trials were r and omised , double blinded and placebo controlled . RESULTS In the upper respiratory tract disease trial , vedaprofen produced a significant reduction in rectal temperature when compared with cats administered antimicrobial treatment only . This antipyretic activity lasted at least four hours after administration on the first day of treatment ( day 0 ) and at least eight hours on day 1 and day 2 . Significantly more cats in the treatment group were classified as having returned to normal on day 5 , day 6 and day 7 compared with the placebo group . In the ovariohysterectomy trial , scores for behaviour ( on day 1 , day 2 and day 3 ) and appetite ( on day 1 and day 2 ) were significantly better in the vedaprofen group than in the placebo-treated cats . CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE Vedaprofen produced a clinical ly relevant reduction in body temperature and a more rapid return to normality in cats with upper respiratory tract disease . Vedaprofen treatment also result ed in more rapid recovery , presumably through the relief of pain and inflammation , in cats that had undergone soft tissue surgery
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 .