Horse Grimace Scale Does Not Detect Pain in Horses with Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome.

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dc.citation.issue10
dc.citation.volume13
dc.contributor.authorFerlini Agne G
dc.contributor.authorMay BE
dc.contributor.authorLovett A
dc.contributor.authorSimon O
dc.contributor.authorSteel C
dc.contributor.authorSantos L
dc.contributor.authorGuedes do Carmo L
dc.contributor.authorBarbosa B
dc.contributor.authorWerner LC
dc.contributor.authorDaros RR
dc.contributor.authorSomogyi AA
dc.contributor.authorSykes B
dc.contributor.authorFranklin S
dc.contributor.editorMendoza FJ
dc.contributor.editorHassel DM
dc.coverage.spatialSwitzerland
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-13T23:23:57Z
dc.date.available2024-08-13T23:23:57Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-12
dc.description.abstractEquine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) is a highly prevalent and presumptively painful condition, although the amount of pain horses might experience is currently unknown. The aims of this study were to determine if the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS) could identify pain behaviours in horses with and without EGUS and if severity would be positively associated with the HGS score. Horse grimace scale scores were assessed blindly using facial photographs by seven observers and involved evaluation of 6 facial action units as 0 (not present), 1 (moderately present) and 2 (obviously present). Lameness examination, serum amyloid A (SAA) measurement and gastroscopy evaluation were performed on all horses. Horses (n = 61) were divided into two and three groups based on the presence (yes, no) and severity (none, mild, moderate-severe) of EGUS, respectively. Presence of lameness and elevated SAA (≥50 µg/mL) were used as exclusion criteria. Inter-observer reliability was analyzed by intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC). HGS scores between groups were compared using Welch's and Brown Forsythe tests (p < 0.05). Overall, HGS ICC was "excellent" (0.75). No significant differences (p = 0.566) were observed in HGS scores between horses with and without gastric lesions (mean, 95% CI; 3.36, 2.76-3.95 and 3, 1.79-4.20, respectively). HGS was not influenced by the presence or severity of EGUS in this current study. Further studies investigating the use of different pain scales in horses with EGUS are needed.
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dc.edition.editionMay 2023
dc.format.pagination1623-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37238054
dc.identifier.citationFerlini Agne G, May BE, Lovett A, Simon O, Steel C, Santos L, Guedes do Carmo L, Barbosa B, Werner LC, Daros RR, Somogyi AA, Sykes B, Franklin S. (2023). Horse Grimace Scale Does Not Detect Pain in Horses with Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome.. Animals (Basel). 13. 10. (pp. 1623-).
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ani13101623
dc.identifier.eissn2076-2615
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2076-2615
dc.identifier.number1623
dc.identifier.piiani13101623
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/71281
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/10/1623
dc.relation.isPartOfAnimals (Basel)
dc.rights(c) 2023 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectequine gastric ulcer
dc.subjectglandular gastric disease
dc.subjectgrimace
dc.subjecthorse grimace scale
dc.subjecthorse welfare
dc.subjectpain behaviours
dc.subjectpain scale
dc.subjectsquamous gastric disease
dc.titleHorse Grimace Scale Does Not Detect Pain in Horses with Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome.
dc.typeJournal article
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