Neuropathic pain is increasingly becoming recognised in veterinary patients. Implicated
in a multitude of conditions, it should be considered in patients with chronic and
misleading symptoms of pain. Reports of neuropathic pain in dogs describe allodynia,
hyperalgesia, dysaesthesia and paroxysmal pain episodes as prominent clinical features
in each case (Cashmore et al.
Cashmore et al., 2009
). This stresses the importance of behavioural indicators in assisting diagnosis.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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