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Matthew C. Leach
Researcher at Newcastle University
Publications - 87
Citations - 3703
Matthew C. Leach is an academic researcher from Newcastle University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pain assessment & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 77 publications receiving 2871 citations. Previous affiliations of Matthew C. Leach include University of Newcastle & University of Birmingham.
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Development of the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS) as a pain assessment tool in horses undergoing routine castration.
Emanuela Dalla Costa,Michela Minero,D. Lebelt,Diana Stucke,Elisabetta Canali,Matthew C. Leach +5 more
TL;DR: The Horse Grimace Scale potentially offers an effective and reliable method of assessing pain following routine castration in horses, however, auxiliary studies are required to evaluate different painful conditions and analgesic schedules.
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Defining and assessing animal pain
TL;DR: Criteria that demonstrate, beyond a reasonable doubt, whether animals of a given species experience pain are defined that are vital to inform whether to alleviate pain or to drive the refinement of procedures to reduce invasiveness.
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Environmental enrichment induces optimistic cognitive bias in rats
TL;DR: It is demonstrated for the first time that environmental enrichment can induce an optimistic cognitive bias in rats previously housed in standard caging, possibly indicative of a more positive affective state.
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Evaluation of EMLA cream for preventing pain during tattooing of rabbits: changes in physiological, behavioural and facial expression responses.
TL;DR: The Rabbit Grimace Scale developed appears to be a reliable and accurate way to assess acute pain in rabbits, which is almost completely prevented by prior application of local anaesthetic cream.
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The Assessment of Post-Vasectomy Pain in Mice Using Behaviour and the Mouse Grimace Scale
Matthew C. Leach,Kristel Klaus,Amy L. Miller,Maud Scotto di Perrotolo,Susana G. Sotocinal,Paul A. Flecknell +5 more
TL;DR: The Mouse Grimace Scale could prove to be a quick and easy means of assessing post-surgical pain, and the efficacy of analgesic treatment in mice that overcomes some of the limitations of behaviour-based assessment schemes.