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Objective measures of pain relief efficacy on the horizon

University of Adelaide’s Dr Dan Barratt discusses ongoing work at the Neuroimmunopharmacology Lab.

Claire Harris
University of Adelaide post-doctoral researcher, Dan Barratt, spoke at LambEx in Adelaide last month, about work being undertaken to quantify pain in sheep, as well as the efficacy of analgesia products. Credit: Claire Harris.

University of Adelaide post-doctoral researcher, Dan Barratt, spoke at LambEx in Adelaide last month, about work being undertaken to quantify pain in sheep, as well as the efficacy of analgesia products. Credit: Claire Harris.

TO date, understanding how sheep experience pain has been through observation only, but new research is looking to put some objective measurements around pain, and test the effectiveness of pain relief...

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