Characterization of short- and long-term mechanical sensitisation following surgical tail amputation in pigs.
Characterization of short- and long-term mechanical sensitisation following surgical tail amputation in pigs.
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DOI:
10.1038/s41598-017-05404-y
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发表时间:
2017-07-06
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Sandercock DA
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作者:
Di Giminiani P;Edwards SA;Malcolm EM;Leach MC;Herskin MS;Sandercock DA
Commercial pigs are frequently exposed to tail mutilations in the form of preventive husbandry procedures (tail docking) or as a result of abnormal behaviour (tail biting). Although tissue and nerve injuries are well-described causes of pain hypersensitivity in humans and in rodent animal models, there is no information on the changes in local pain sensitivity induced by tail injuries in pigs. To determine the temporal profile of sensitisation, pigs were exposed to surgical tail resections and mechanical nociceptive thresholds (MNT) were measured in the acute (one week post-operatively) and in the long-term (either eight or sixteen weeks post-surgery) phase of recovery. The influence of the degree of amputation on MNTs was also evaluated by comparing three different tail-resection treatments (intact, ‘short tail’, ‘long tail’). A significant reduction in MNTs one week following surgery suggests the occurrence of acute sensitisation. Long-term hypersensitivity was also observed in tail-resected pigs at either two or four months following surgery. Tail amputation in pigs appears to evoke acute and sustained changes in peripheral mechanical sensitivity, which resemble features of neuropathic pain reported in humans and other species and provides new information on implications for the welfare of animals subjected to this type of injury.
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影响因子:
3.6
作者:
Di Giminiani, P.;Petersen, L. J.;Herskin, M. S.
通讯作者:
Herskin, M. S.
影响因子:
2.9
作者:
Di Giminiani P;Sandercock DA;Malcolm EM;Leach MC;Herskin MS;Edwards SA
通讯作者:
Edwards SA
影响因子:
2.4
作者:
Herskin, M. S.;Di Giminiani, P.;Thodberg, K.
通讯作者:
Thodberg, K.
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
Hsu E;Cohen SP
通讯作者:
Cohen SP
DOI:
10.1098/rspb.1967.0002
发表时间:
1967-01-01
期刊:
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SERIES B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
影响因子:
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作者:
DICKERSON, JW;DOBBING, J
通讯作者:
DOBBING, J