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Learning Research Service Volunteer Engagement

The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre (SJDAWC) has funded the following projects looking at ways to improve pain management in animals:

Improving pain control for surgery on the front legs of dogs (Dr. Kip Lemke) (on-going)
Canadian veterinarians’ use of painkillers in cattle, pigs, and horses (Dr. Caroline Hewson) (partially funded by the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada)
Assessment of changes in Canadian veterinarians’ use of painkillers in dogs and cats between 1994 and 2001 (C Hewson,)
Postoperative pain in dogs: Preemptive management (K Lemke, C Runyon)
Postoperative pain in dogs and cats (S Dohoo, I Dohoo)

The SJDAWC has also produced 2 posters on pain management in animals, in cooperation with the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association:
Lemke KA, Hewson CJ, Crook AD. 2008. Anaesthetic and Pain Management Protocols for Healthy Horses, Cattle, and Swine.
Lemke KA, Hewson CJ. 2006. Anaesthetic and Pain Management Protocols for Healthy Small Animals and Fundamental Points in Perioperative Pain Management