The patient arrived with a bladder stone, grimacing in pain and moping about. He wouldn’t even chew his cud. The patient, you see, was a goat. And while treated for his bladder stone—a common ailment in the small ruminants—he was also contributing to new research that aims to accurately measure pain not only in goats, but other domestic animals as well and even, one day, in people. The patient arrived with a bladder stone, grimacing in pain and moping about. He wouldn’t even chew his cud. The patient, you see, was a goat. And while treated for his bladder stone—a common ailment in the small ruminants—he was also contributing to new research that aims to accurately measure pain not only in goats, but other domestic animals as well and even, one day, in people. Molecular & Computational biology Veterinary medicine Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
Scientists train AI to detect pain—in goats
