Ed no specific funding for this work. Availability of data and
Ed no specific funding for this work. Availability of data and materials The datasets generated and analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. Authors’ contributions DB conceived of the study and drafted the manuscript. RF, EG, RC and DI carried out the experiments and revised the manuscript. VMM and CS performed the statistical analysis. RDP, ME and SC designed the study and critically revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Ethics approval and consent to participate The University of Messina Review Board for the care of animals authorized the study. Animal care was in accordance with Italian regulations on protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes (D.M.116192) as well as with EEC regulations (O.J. of E.C. L 358/1 12/18/1986). Consent for publication Not applicable Competing interests Dr. Salvatore Cuzzocrea is co-inventor on patent WO2013121449 A8 (Epitech Group SpA) which deals with compositions and methods for the modulation of Entinostat supplier amidases capable of hydrolysing N-acylethanolamines useable in the therapy of inflammatory diseases. Moreover, Dr. Cuzzocrea is also a co-inventor with Epitech group on the following patents: (1). EP2821083; (2). EP 2985037 A1; (3). 102,015,000,067,344. No other authors have competing interests.Publisher’s NoteSpringer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Author details 1 Department of Health Sciences V. le Europa, Campus S. Venuta, Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy. 2Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25580570 D’Alcontres 31-, I-98166 Messina, Italy. 3Innovative Statistical Research SRL, Prato Della Valle 24, I-35123 Padova, Italy. 4Institute of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. 5Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Received: 18 January 2017 Accepted: 27 JulyReferences 1. Malek S, Sample SJ, Schwartz Z, Nemke B, Jacobson PB, Cozzi EM, Schaefer SL, Bleedorn JA, Holzman G, Muir P. Effect of analgesic therapy on clinical outcome measures in a randomized controlled trial using client-owned dogs with hip osteoarthritis. BMC Vet Res. 2012;8:185. 2. Johnston SA. Osteoarthritis. Joint anatomy, physiology, and pathobiology. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 1997;27(4):699?23. 3. Bennett D, Zainal Ariffin SM, Johnston P. Osteoarthritis in the cat: 1. How common is it and how easy to recognise? J Feline Med Surg. 2012;14(1):65?5. 4. Epstein M, Rodan I, Griffenhagen G, Kadrlik J, Petty M, Robertson S, et al. 2015 AAHA/AAFP pain management guidelines for dogs and cats. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2015;51(2):67?4. 5. Moore SA. Managing neuropathic pain in dogs. Front Vet Sci. 2016;3:12. 6. Monteiro-Steagall BP, Steagall PV, Lascelles BD. Systematic review PubMed ID:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25112874 of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced adverse effects in dogs. J Vet Intern Med. 2013;27(5):1011?. 7. Fox SM. Painful decisions for senior pets. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2012;42(4):727?8. 8. D’Souza WN, Ng GY, Youngblood BD, Tsuji W, Lehto SG. A review of current animal models of osteoarthritis pain. Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2011;12:1596?12. 9. Kuyinu EL, Narayanan G, Nair LS, Laurencin CT. Animal models of osteoarthritis: classification, upda.