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Science-in-brief: Pain in horses as a multimodal neurobehavioural phenomenon.
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Publication Date: 2026-11-03 PubMed ID: 42974948DOI: 10.1002/evj.70357Google Scholar: Lookup The Equine Research Bank provides access to a large database of publicly available scientific literature. Inclusion in the Research Bank does not imply endorsement of study methods or findings by Mad Barn.
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Piórkowska N, Ostromęcki A, Domagała J.
(2026).
Science-in-brief: Pain in horses as a multimodal neurobehavioural phenomenon.
Equine Vet J.
https://doi.org/10.1002/evj.70357 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland.
- wAInot, Equivo Project, Wrocław, Poland.
- wAInot, Equivo Project, Wrocław, Poland.
- Department of Internal Diseases with Clinic of Horses, Dogs and Cats, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
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