PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING AND VALIDATION OF THE ITALIAN VERSION OF THE HELSINKI CHRONIC PAIN INDEX (I-HCPI) IN DOGS WITH PAIN RELATED TO OSTEOARTHRITIS

Psychometric Testing and Validation of the Italian Version of the Helsinki Chronic Pain Index (I-HCPI) in Dogs with Pain Related to Osteoarthritis

Pain assessment is of paramount importance for properly managing dogs with osteoarthritis (OA) pain.The aim of the present study was to develop and psychometrically validate the Italian version of the Helsinki Chronic Pain Index (I-HCPI).Owners of OA painful (n = 87) and healthy dogs (n = 40) were administered the I-HCPI once or twice after an eigh

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A subterranean species of Exocelina diving beetle from the Malay Peninsula filling a 4,000 km distribution gap between Melanesia and southern China

We describe a new subterranean species of the genus Exocelina Broun, 1886 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from the Malay Peninsula.Almost all of the 196 species of that genus are epigean and distributed CARDIOFLEX Q10 mainly in New Guinea, Australia, Oceania and New Caledonia.One epigean species is, however, known Massagers from China.The discovery of a s

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