Trust the Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management, 3rd Edition to help you meet the increasing need for effective pain management in the animals you treat. This user-friendly guide contains the most up-to-date and clinically relevant information on analgesic drugs and managing pain in dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, ferrets, and rabbits. It specifically covers the areas of pain assessment, pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical treatment options, guidelines for managing acute and chronic pain, and unique aspects of pain management. This edition also incorporates expanded information on cats, exoti ...

Front Cover; Inside Front Cover; Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management; Copyright ; Contributors ; Dedication ; Preface ; Veterinarian's Oath ; Contents ; Part One: Basic Concepts ; Chapter 1: Pain Management and the Human-Animal Bond; Suggested Reading; Chapter 2: Nociception and Pain Mechanisms; The Pain Phenotype; Acute Nociception; Primary Afferents and Dorsal Root Ganglia; Primary Afferents and Dorsal Root Ganglia Properties; Terminal Transduction and Action Potential Generation; Transmission at the First-Order Synapse; Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn; Marginal Layer (Lamina I). Substantia Gelatinosa (Lamina II)Nucleus Proprius (Laminae III Through VI); Lamina X; Projection Fibers to the Brain; Primary Afferent Projections; Ascending Spinal Tracts; Supraspinal Systems; Central Pain Processing Centers; Perception; Memory; Tissue Injury and Inflammatory Pain States; Peripheral Origins of Tissue Injury Leading to Enhanced Pain States; Factors Leading to Altered Peripheral Afferent Response Properties; Silent Nociceptors; Spinal Origins of the Tissue Injury Enhanced Pain States; Central Facilitation; Wind-up; Changes in Receptive Field Size That Occur With Tissue Injury. Dorsal Horn CircuitryAcute-Onset Postsynaptic Events; Delayed-Onset, Intermediate-Duration Postsynaptic Events; Slow-Onset, Long-Duration Postsynaptic Events; Pharmacology of Central Facilitation-Non-Neuronal Cells; Local Regulatory Interneurons; Pharmacology of Central Facilitation-Spinobulbospinal Pathways; Dorsal Root Ganglion Cells; Summary; Nerve Injury; Effects of Nerve Injury on Neuronal and Dorsal Root Ganglion Morphology; Spontaneous Pain State; Mechanisms of Ectopic Afferent Activity; Evoked Hyperpathia; Dorsal Root Ganglion Cell Crosstalk; Dorsal Horn Reorganization; Summary. Clinical PainSuggested Reading; Chapter 3: Pain and Stress; Sickness Syndrome; Defining Terms; Pain; Homeostasis; Allostasis; Stress; Stressor; Defense Response; Distress; Suffering; Sickness Response or Syndrome; Biologic Components of the Stress Response; Behavioral Indicators of Stress and Pain; Central Noradrenergic Effects; Neuroendocrine Axis; Release of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor in the Brain; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Cortisol; Catecholamines; Glucagon and Insulin; Other Hormones; Growth Hormone; Thyroid Hormones; Vasopressin; Metabolism; Carbohydrate Metabolism; Fat Metabolism. Protein MetabolismImmune System; Cytokines; Peptides; Acute-Phase Response; Endogenous Opioids; Endocannabinoids; Hematology; Morphologic Changes; Stress-Induced Hypoalgesia and Hyperalgesia; Stress-Induced Analgesia; Stress-Induced Hyperalgesia; Suggested Reading; Chapter 4: Definitions of Terms Describing Pain; Definitions; Reference; Chapter 5: Assessing Pain; Spontaneous Pain Behaviors; Attitude; Altered Facial Expressions and Appearance; Body Posture; Activity Level; Reluctance to Move; Reluctance to Lie Down; Changing Positions; Locomotor Activity; Focused Attention to Painful Area.