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Table 1. Demographic data from 97 veterinarians in New Zealand who responded to a questionnaire on attitudes to and use of analgesia in horses, compared with data from the New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA) and Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ).
Table 2. Number (and percentage) of 97 veterinarians in New Zealand who responded to a questionnaire on attitudes to and use of analgesia in horses that stated the availability and use of different analgesic drugs.
Table 3. Number (and percentage) of 97 veterinarians in New Zealand who responded to a questionnaire on attitudes to and use of analgesia in horses that assigned a pain score on a scale of 1–10, those that assigned scores as a range, and the overall range of scores assigned.
Table 4. Number (and percentage) of 97 veterinarians in New Zealand who responded to a questionnaire on attitudes to and use of analgesia in horses that claimed provision of analgesia to some extent for different procedures and conditions, and the pain score, on a scale of 1–10, attributed by those not giving analgesia. Discrepancies in the data are due to inconsistent responses, e.g. no pain score given but analgesia used.
Table 5. Drugs specified as used, or designated as appropriate for use, for analgesia for castration by 69 of 97 veterinarians in New Zealand who responded to a questionnaire on attitudes to and use of analgesia in horses.
Table 6. Median and interquartile range for the factors influencing choice and use of analgesic agents, where 1 = not important, and 5 = extremely important, by 97 veterinarians in New Zealand who responded to a questionnaire on attitudes to and use of analgesia in horses.
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