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In this Review, the authors identify and compare available pig models in pain research. They also describe the different pain assessment methods used in pigs and compare them with the pain assessment methods used in humans to identify overlaps and possible improvements.
In this review, the authors compare 28 freely available animal-tracking software applications, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the applications in the tracking pipeline, from video acquisition to trajectory generation and data analysis.
In this review, the authors describe how the use of touchscreen-equipped apparatus in behavioral sciences can facilitate the implementation of the 3Rs principles in this discipline and offer a new platform to monitor laboratory animal welfare.