Panel report on the Colloquium on Recognition and Alleviation of Animal Pain and Distress
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 191(10): 1186-1191
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 3692950 Document Number: 290234
The report proposes a simplified classification for animal pain and distress as, pain, anxiety and fear, stress, suffering, comfort, discomfort and injury. The report then discusses physiological basis of animal pain and distress, alleviation of animal pain and distress, experimental situations, future directions and implications, and recommendations. The recommendations are directed at academics, teachers and researchers, using laboratory animals, and the pharmaceutical industry.