Because of my interests in the cognitive and emotional lives of nonhuman animals (animals), I was pleased to learn of an essay by Dr. Mirjam Guesgen titled "Animal pain is about communication, not ...

Most people have experienced it: when you're moving, engaged, and focused, pain fades into the background, then flares when ...

It’s not always easy to tell when something is wrong with your sweet pet, because animals can’t speak to us in our own language. Still, they are subject to many of the same illnesses, ailments and ...

Dear daktari, Thanks for your very informative articles on animal health. I am a dairy farmer with about five animals. I have been wondering about something, and I am reaching out to seek your answer.

September is Animal Pain Awareness Month. Animals suffer from pain, just as people do, and it can come in many forms: surgical pain, arthritis, cancer and dental pain are just a few. Acute pain is ...

Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals aims to educate laboratory animal veterinarians; students, researchers and investigators; Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee members; ...

I am pleased to have the opportunity to bring the somewhat removed but, I hope, useful perspective of a dean to the important questions being addressed today. I would like to begin with several ...