TY - JOUR AU - Watanabe, Ryota AU - Frank, Diane AU - Steagall, Paulo V. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04/27 TI - Pain behaviors before and after treatment of oral disease in cats using video assessment: a prospective, blinded, randomized clinical trial JO - BMC Veterinary Research SP - 100 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Specific behaviors associated with pain in cats with oral disease have not been consistently studied. The aim of this exploratory study was to identify pain-induced behaviors in cats before and after treatment of oral disease using video assessment. Twenty-four cats (6 ± 3.3 years old; 4.9 ± 1.7 kg) were included in a prospective, blinded, randomized clinical trial. Cats were equally divided into minimal (G1: minimal dental treatment) or severe (G2: multiple dental extractions) oral disease groups. After acclimation at day 0, they underwent oral examination, radiographs, scaling, and dental extractions under general anesthesia (anesthetic protocol: acepromazine, hydromorphone, propofol, isoflurane, meloxicam, and local anesthetic blocks; day 1), and were discharged at day 6. Cats were filmed remotely for 10 min using a wide-angle glass lens camera before surgery (baseline) and throughout the study at different time points (36 h of video recording). The videos consisted of four parts namely general, playing, feeding and post-feeding behaviors. A board-certified behaviorist evaluated the duration/frequency of different behaviors based on an ethogram, which were analyzed using linear mixed models and a generalized linear model, respectively (p < 0.05). SN - 1746-6148 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02302-w DO - 10.1186/s12917-020-02302-w ID - Watanabe2020 ER -