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Morris Animal Foundation's current studies will give animals longer, healthier lives.
Each year Morris Animal Foundation funds more than 200 health studies to improve the health of dogs, cats, horses, llamas/alpacas and numerous wildlife species. Our support also trains the next generation of veterinary scientists to meet future animal health needs.
Search our current study database by species and/or disease to learn more about the studies we are funding in the areas you care most about. The results will also show you whether a study is available for sponsorship.
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D08FE-043: Evaluating Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
principal investigator: Dr. B. Duncan X. Lascelles, North Carolina State University
Co-sponsors: Lincoln State Cat Club; Nick and Patti Mattera
needs sponsorship
Current Year: $36,985
Up to 45 percent of all cats suffer arthritis pain, but currently there are no approved or proven therapies for treatment of chronic joint pain in cats. One reason for this is that veterinarians don't have reliable and sensitive ways of assessing such pain in cats. It is crucial to have quantitative, reliable ways to measure chronic pain so that these methods can be used to test the effectiveness of new drug and non-drug therapies designed to alleviate chronic pain. This study will develop a valid, reliable and sensitive questionnaire for veterinarians and clinical researchers to accurately assess efficacy of treatments for chronic pain in cats.
