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The development of a composite objective validated scale for assessing pain in dairy cows

Reference	S15384
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Marian Scott
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Christine Nicol, Professor Andrea Nolan
Institution	University of Glasgow
Department	Veterinary School
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	257,908
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/03/2002
End date	30/11/2005
Duration	45 months

Abstract

The study will apply measurement theory to integrate quantitative and qualitative measures of disease severity, pain and behaviour with application in animal welfare. The focus will be on the inflammatory diseases of mastitis and lameness. The technological basis is the recent advances in the understanding of mechanical hyperalgesia and acute phase proteins and their relationship to mastitis and lameness in dairy cows. Behaviours that are easy to identify, relatively quick to assess will be measured to study the association between behaviours and disease severity. Scaling models will be constructed combining objective disease, pain and behaviour. Finally, validation and reliability of the resulting scale will be undertaken.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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