Development of the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS) as a pain assessment tool in horses undergoing routine castration.

<h4>Background</h4>The assessment of pain is critical for the welfare of horses, in particular when pain is induced by common management procedures such as castration. Existing pain assessment methods have several limitations, which reduce the applicability in everyday life. Assessment o...

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Main Authors: Emanuela Dalla Costa, Michela Minero, Dirk Lebelt, Diana Stucke, Elisabetta Canali, Matthew C Leach
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b5a982ba15ed47d0b181e93268d60f42
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