Pain in Horses: Physiology, Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Implications, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine

A review of pain management and anesthesia for the equine practitioner. It includes articles on: opioids as pain therapy, alpha-2 agonists as pain therapy, anti-inflammatories as pain therapy, local anesthetics, epidural and regional drugs, NMDA inhibitors and behavior modifiers, and treatment of visceral pain and colic.