RESEARCH TOPICS
1. Setting and validation of a pain score to be applied to horses suffering from gastric ulcers. (G.della Rocca, A. Di Salvo)
2. Evaluation of opioid receptors expressed by the equine cornea and effects of specific agonists in ex vivo models. (S. Nannarone)
3. Effects of cannabinoids on oxidative stress and their role in modulation tissue regeneration in vitro. (E. Chiaradia)
4. Identification of cannabinoid receptors in equine tenocytes and condrocytes. (E. Chiaradia)
5. Validation of a pain score applied to odontostomatological pain in dogs. (G. della Rocca)
6. Somatosensitive Nociceptive System in dogs: Intraepidermal nerve fiber density in animals of different classes of age and potential applications in the diagnostic of canine peripheral neuropathies (M.T. Mandara)
7. The role of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) in osteoarthritis of dogs. (A. Bufalari)
8. mRNA in dogs affected by osteoarthritis as a potential biomarker and therapeutic tool. (A. Bufalari)
PAIN SCORE
Acute Pain
One-dimenstional or o monoparametric scores: VAS, NAS, SDS - Simple descriptive pain scale - Mathews Pain Scoring System
Multiparametric scores: UM pain score - CSU cane - CSU gatto - 4AVET cane - 4AVET gatto - Glasgow pain score
Chronic Pain
Helsinki Chronic pain index - CBPI - CSU chronic pain scale - Karnofsky score - Quality of Life pain score - QOL dr. Villalobos - CSU QOL Questionnaire
BOOKS
Fox: Chronic pain in small animal medicine - 2010
Fonda: Dolore e analgesia negli animali - 2009
Gaynor & Muir: Handbook of veterinary pain management - 2° ed. 2009
Grant: Pain management in small animals - 2006
Hellebrekers: Animal Pain - 2000
Flecknell & Waterman-Pearson: Pain management in animals - 2000
Carroll: Small animal pain management - 1998