In 2019 a group of scientists from the University of Montreal, led by Marina Evangelista,
conducted top-secret research that was then published in a peer reviewed journal
where you can all read it. This research led to the development of an awesome application
that makes the veterinarian, but also your life, a lot easier when it comes to detecting
pain in cats. Let me show you how easy it is. If you are new to the channel, welcome. I’m Dr.
Orion. A veterinarian and a veterinary behavior residency graduate. I also tell hilarious jokes
like, what type of cat works in a hospital? But the answer is at the end of the video.
I’m using an android phone but it is available for iphones as well.
Just search for FELINE GRIMACE SCALE. I will now open a picture of a cat. Ahhh.
What's that? Oh, that is a cat, but let me try and use another picture. Ah, that's a lot better. So,
on, on my phone, and again, this is an Android phone, but it's pretty much the same. I go and
find the app. You can see this yellow one with the cat's face on it, feline grimace scale. Click.
Now, University, University De Monteral. And Zoetis. And you click the purple button score
now. Observe the cat awake and undisturbed from a distance and score each feline Grimace scale, FGS
action unit. If the cat is grooming, playing or eating wait until these activities are finished.
Okay, let's click next. Now, the first thing we're going to do is look at the ear position.
So, let's see the cat in our picture. Does he look like
this one with the ears up? Maybe they're a little more to the sides. Or are they kind of flat?
I’d say it's absent. So I choose this one and I click next. Okay, the next thing is
orbital tightening. Basically the size of his eyes. How much of the eyes can you see?
So the first one is pretty open. I think that's pretty similar to what we have
here in the picture, the second one is kind of tight and the third one is completely closed.
So definitely the first one, absent, click and next. Now see muzzle tension. So you can look at
the pictures on the side. So you might see that this, and I hope you can see my mouse cursor,
you can see that this is kind of pretty around, and we're talking about this thing over here
or this thing over here. In this cat, It's a little bit more flattened. Look at
this one, pretty nice and round. This is much more elliptical, and the one on the bottom is
very flat. And very flat in this cat. So again. First one absent and next. Whiskers position.
So there are again, three options. One, the whiskers are kind of going down and I think
this is the case in our cat. Second option is the whiskers are kind of more straight, or parallel to
the ground. And the third option, the whiskers are kind of going to different directions. Some
of them are even going up. Now you know, that each cat is different. So, sometimes this, this is not
perfect, but mark as many things as you can. In our case, it's absent. Next.
Head position. This is the last question, select the option that best suits your cat.
So, look at the head compared to the the back of the body. So in our case, well in our case, the
cat is actually kind of leaning outside of this basket. So it's not the best picture there is,
but the head is definitely above the line of the back so we can still be number 1, or 0, actually.
You see that in the second cat, his head is actually kind of like you look at the head.
You see that the back is up the middle. This cat, the head is even below the back. There are even
two options. The head is like facing down. Okay, so I chose the first one. Complete.
And your result, this is here on top, your result 0. None veterinarians, your FGS score
suggest that cat is not in pain. Please consult a veterinarian. If you have concerns with your cat’s
health. Veterinary Health Care Professionals, your FGS score suggest that the cat is not in pain.
Excellent. But let's, let's do another one. This picture I actually took from the website
of the application and the use this picture as an example. Because I wanted the cat with some
pain. I mean, I don't want a cat with pain. I just want you to be able to see the details
of the cat showing signs of pain. So again, I’m at the beginning of the app, score now.
Okay, so our cat. Let’s look at the ear position. Is it up high, is it
kind of in the middle? Or is it flat? I'd say it's between
moderately present to markedly present. Let's, let's go with moderately present. Okay. Next,
now the size of the eyes, so they're definitely not big and round like the eyes of the cat here.
And they're definitely not like very, very, very tight.
So, they’re something in the middle. Let’s, let’s click the moderately present again.
Next, muzzle tension. So they're not nice and round like this. They're much more kind of flat.
And they're not that tight. You know, they might, again, be between this and this,
but I'll go with the moderately present. Next. Now, the whiskers position.
So, they're not all going down and rounded towards the ground.
In this case, you see most of them are going down, but some actually starts going up. And again this
one, they're kind of very rounded towards the up position. So I think again, it's moderately so
I'm going to click it in my phone, moderately. Next. And last thing is the head position. So
we see the head and we see the back like the same height or maybe the back is even a bit higher
than the head. So in this case, I'm actually going to choose markedly present. Complete.
Your result 6. Proposed actions. Non veterinarians. Your FGS score suggest that the
cat is the pain, please consult a veterinarian if you have concerns with your cat's health.
Do not administer drugs to your cat without consulting a veterinarian. And that's
always true. Veterinary Health Care Professionals, your FGS score suggests that the cat is painful
and the cutoff for administration of rescue and analgesia has been reached. When scores of 4
are obtained and the veterinarian is uncertain whether analgesics should be administered,
the cat should be re-evaluated in 10 to 15 minutes. So basically, this cat should receive
some medications because this cat is in pain. Now, if you look at the bottom, you can actually take
photos of your cat or choose a photo from your phone that you took before and then you can share
it with the team. I assume that the more pictures they get the better they get this application.
And that's about it. Some of you, cat care
takers and veterinary staff members are great at detecting these small changes, but let’s face it,
most of us are not that good because cats are good at hiding signs of pain. This is why I love this
grimace scale and this simple application. I hoped you enjoyed the video and learned
something. I would really appreciate it if you will subscribe and like so that the video will
be suggested to more people just like you. What type of cat works in a hospital? A first
aid kit ten. See ya’.