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Table 3 Median (minimal and maximal value) pain scores in horses undergoing castration or anaesthesia only

From: Refinement and partial validation of the UNESP-Botucatu multidimensional composite pain scale for assessing postoperative pain in horses

Treatment

GA

GAA

GC

GCA

Moment

TC

3 (0–11)

2 (0–11)

4 (0–11)C

4 (0–10)B

T4

5 (1–14)bc

5 (2–14)c

14 (7–25)aA

11 (3–16)bA

T6

4 (1–6)bc

4 (1–7)c

10.5 (5–16)aB

6.5 (1–19)abAB

T24

3 (0–8)ab

2 (0–7)b

8 (1–14)aC

6.5 (2–13)aB

  1. GA – Anaesthesia only (n = 6). GAA – Pre-emptive analgesia followed by anaesthesia (n = 6). GC – Anaesthesia, castration and postoperative analgesia administered four hours after surgery (n = 6). GCA – Pre-emptive analgesia, followed by anaesthesia and castration (n = 6). TC - before surgery and/or anaesthesia, T4 - maximum score of pain until 4 hours after anaesthetic recovery, T6 - six hours after anaesthetic recovery, T24 - 24 hours after anaesthetic recovery.
  2. Different small letters indicate differences between groups (rows – a > b > c); different capital letters indicate differences between time points in the same group (columns – A > B > C).