Assessment of pain associated with respiratory disease and the effect of flunixin transdermal solution in cattle with induced bacterial pneumonia

Abstract

Pleuritic chest pain from bacterial pneumonia is commonly reported in human medicine; however, studies investigating pain associated with bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in cattle are lacking. The objectives of this study were to assess if bacterial pneumonia elicits a pain response in calves with experimentally induced BRD and to determine the analgesic effects of flunixin transdermal.