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Reptile Analgesia
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All animals possess the neuroanatomic and neuropharmacologic components necessary for the transduction, transmission and perception of noxious stimuli. It stands to reason, therefore, that all animals can experience pain even if they cannot give verbal expression to the experience of pain. Pain management is a crucial component of clinical veterinary medicine, yet provision of analgesia for reptiles is still infrequent. Reptiles are one of the most commonly maintained companion animal groups, with several species represented in zoological and scientific collections. In a recent survey of the membership of the Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians, 98% of the respondents supported that reptiles feel pain, however only 39% of the respondents reported using analgesics in >50% of their patients.
Limited understanding of reptile behaviors make it difficult to identify when they are in pain and the severity of their pain. While analgesic drugs have been extensively examined in domestic species, our clinical understanding of analgesic efficacy, drug pharmacokinetics, and receptor binding characteristics of opioids is minimal in reptiles. Lack of scientific information about appropriate therapies has hampered our knowledge of reptile pain management, having the effect of curtailing veterinary treatment of reptile pain. […]
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