Assessment of the effects of adjunctive gabapentin on postoperative pain after intervertebral disc surgery in dogs.

Objective: To assess the effect of adjunctive gabapentin (GBP) on pain after thoracolumbar intervertebral disc surgery in dogs.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized, controlled, clinical, 'blinded' trial.

Animals: Sixty-three client owned dogs undergoing hemilaminectomy

Methods: Dogs were assigned to two treatment groups.