Comparison of the analgesic efficacy of perioperative firocoxib and tramadol administration in dogs undergoing tibial plateau leveling osteotomy.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of perioperative oral administration of tramadol, firocoxib, and a tramadol-firocoxib combination on signs of pain and limb function after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy in dogs.

Design: Randomized, blinded, prospective clinical trial.

Animals: 30 adult client-owned dogs with unilateral cranial cruciate ligament disease.

Serum cortisol concentration and force plate analysis in the assessment of pain associated with sodium urate-induced acute synovitis in dogs.

Objective: To determine the relationship between serum cortisol concentration and pain severity as measured by force platform gait analysis in dogs with experimentally induced synovitis of the stifle joint.

Animals: 10 healthy hound-type dogs.

Procedures: Dogs underwent 2 study phases.