Pain and Problem Behavior in Cats and Dogs. 2020

Daniel S Mills, and Isabelle Demontigny-Bédard, and Margaret Gruen, and Mary P Klinck, and Kevin J McPeake, and Ana Maria Barcelos, and Lynn Hewison, and Himara Van Haevermaet, and Sagi Denenberg, and Hagar Hauser, and Colleen Koch, and Kelly Ballantyne, and Colleen Wilson, and Chirantana V Mathkari, and Julia Pounder, and Elena Garcia, and Patrícia Darder, and Jaume Fatjó, and Emily Levine
Animal Behavior, Cognition & Welfare Group, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK.

We argue that there is currently an under-reporting of the ways in which pain can be associated with problem behavior, which is seriously limiting the recognition of this welfare problem. A review of the caseloads of 100 recent dog cases of several authors indicates that a conservative estimate of around a third of referred cases involve some form of painful condition, and in some instances, the figure may be nearly 80%. The relationship is often complex but always logical. Musculoskeletal but also painful gastro-intestinal and dermatological conditions are commonly recognized as significant to the animal's problem behavior. The potential importance of clinical abnormalities such as an unusual gait or unexplained behavioral signs should not be dismissed by clinicians in general practice, even when they are common within a given breed. In general, it is argued that clinicians should err on the side of caution when there is a suspicion that a patient could be in pain by carefully evaluating the patient's response to trial analgesia, even if a specific physical lesion has not been identified.

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