January 23, 2020 archive

New method for pain sensitivity measurement in endurance horses

Dr Morgane Schambourg, DMV, MSc, Dipl. ACVS / ECVS, has carried out studies on the sensitivity to pain in the legs of endurance horses and developed a method of how this can be measured.The nociceptors (pain receptors) are responsible for the perception of pain. These are essentially free nerve endings of sensitive neurons in the …

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