Towards an improved pain assessment in castrated horses using facial expressions (HGS) and circulating miRNAs.

Emanuela Dalla Costa Francesca Dai Cristina Lecchi Federico Ambrogi Dirk LebeltDiana StuckeGiuliano Ravasio Fabrizio Ceciliani Michela Minero

Published in: The Veterinary record (2021)

Combining the use of HGS and circulating miRNAs, particularly miR-145, could be meaningful to monitor acute pain conditions in horses. Our results further validate the HGS as a method to assess acute pain in horses and point out miR-145 as a promising biomarker to identify pain.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
cell proliferation
liver failure
long non coding rna
long noncoding rna
respiratory failure
spinal cord injury
mechanical ventilation