Key lectures

Dr Johnny Roughan, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom:
How far are we in the quantification of animal pain?
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ion/staff/profile/johnnyroughan.html#background

Prof. Cassandra B. Tucker, Tucker LAB, UC Davis, USA:
Pain and management procedures in cattle
http://tuckerlab.ucdavis.edu/cassandra-tucker.html#

Dr Jennifer Mather, University of Lethbridge, Canada:
Evolutionary aspects of pain and suffering
http://directory.uleth.ca/users/mather

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The course covers the following topics:

• Pain definition and terminology

• Introduction to pain physiology

• Behavioural pain assessment

• Consequences of pain in terms of animal welfare

• Neurobiological basis of pain

• Comparative aspects of pain

• Pain relief – theory and practice