College of Veterinary Medicine
Chiavaccini Lab
Led by Ludovica Chiavaccini · Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine
What we study
The Chiavaccini Lab studies animal pain and anesthesia: locoregional (nerve-block) anesthesia, horse anesthesia, pain management, and markers of nerve pain in animals with naturally occurring disorders.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Farm animals (cattle, horses, poultry)
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Fluoroscopic evaluation of the cranial spread of contrast medium after sacrococcygeal or lumbosacral epidural injection in feline cadavers: a randomized noninferiority study
2026 · Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Uses X-rays to compare two ways of giving spinal injections in cats.
- Repeatability and test–retest reliability of thermal and pressure pain threshold testing in healthy thoroughbred horses
2026 · Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Measures how consistently horses react to pain tests.
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- Effects of two different fluid rates on tissue oxygenation and haemodynamic stability in anaesthetised horses
2026 · Equine Veterinary Journal
Tests how different fluid rates affect oxygen in horses during surgery.
- Intraoperative Analgesic Requirements in Dogs Receiving Retromammillary or Erector Spinae Plane Blocks for Thoracolumbar or Lumbar Hemilaminectomy: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study
2026 · Veterinary Sciences
Compares two pain-relief methods for dogs during surgery.
- Antinociceptive effects of subcutaneous butorphanol administration in healthy horses
2026 · Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Checks if butorphanol given under the skin relieves pain in horses.
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