Mila Freire

Pinho, R. H., Pang, D., Leriquier, C., Gagnon, D., Benito, J., & Freire, M. (2026). Establishment of a sedation threshold score for orthopedic radiographs in dogs and evaluation of inter-rater reliability and accuracy of video-based assessment. The Canadian Veterinary Journal, 67(2), 180–187.

Solash, B., Cheema, J., Freire, M., Benito, J., & Pang, D. S. J. (2025). Use of a novel subcutaneous injection site in the region of acupuncture point GV20 for premedicating cats before general anesthesia. The Canadian Veterinary Journal, 66(5), 537–545.

Renaud, S., Freire, M., O'Toole, E., Huneault, L., Llido, M., Ringwood, B., … Gagnon, D. (2024). Clinical findings and prognostic factors for immediate survival in 33 dogs undergoing surgery for biliary peritonitis. Veterinary Surgery, 54(2), 276–286. https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.14189

Llido, M., Leriquier, C., Juette, T., Benito, J., & Freire, M. (2024). Comparison of sedation with dexmedetomidine administered subcutaneously at 2 different locations on the head in dogs. The Canadian Veterinary Journal, 65(4), 351–358.

Porcel Sánchez, M. M. D., Gagnon, D., Brisson, B. A., Hoddinott, K., Juette, T., & Freire, M. (2024). Subclinical bacteriuria and surgical-site infection in 140 dogs with orthopedic and neurological conditions. The Canadian Veterinary Journal, 65(12), 1253–1259.

Leriquier, C., Freire, M., Llido, M., Beauchamp, G., Montasell, X., Gagnon, D., & Benito, J. (2023). Comparison of sedation with dexmedetomidine/atipamezole administered subcutaneously at <scp>GV20</scp> acupuncture point with usual routes of administration in dogs presented for orthopaedic radiographs. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 64(12), 759–768. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.13668

Lahiani, J., Freire, M., Montasell, X., Juette, T., & Gagnon, D. (2023). Effects of Transfixation Pin Positioning on the Biomechanical Properties of Acrylic External Skeletal Fixators in a Fracture Gap Model. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 36(06), 273–278. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1768990

Freire, M., Job, C., Hassanpour, I., Benito, J., Pang, D. S. J., Paquet, M., & Theoret, C. L. (2022). A disposable, canister-free negative-pressure wound therapy device proves feasible, but of inferior efficacy to conventional therapies for treating cutaneous wounds in dogs. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 83(10). https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.22.02.0029

Freire, M., Conversy, B., De Lasalle, J., Fontaine, P., Rousseau‐Blass, F., & Pang, D. S. J. (2022). Surgical correction of left auricular aneurysm herniation through a pericardial defect in a dog with atrial fibrillation and mitral valve disease. Veterinary Record Case Reports, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.408

Montasell, X., Dunn, M., & Freire, M. (2020). Uretero-Cutaneous Fistula and Renal Abscessation as a Complication of Ureteral Stenting in a Dog. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, 56(3), e563–03. https://doi.org/10.5326/jaaha-ms-6942

Freire, M., & Diaw, M. (2019). Transvaginal uterine evisceration during labor in a Bengal queen. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/2055116919872301

Ashwell, M., Freire, M., O’Nan, A. T., Benito, J., Hash, J., McCulloch, R. S., & Lascelles, B. D. X. (2019). Characterization of gene expression in naturally occurring feline degenerative joint disease-associated pain. The Veterinary Journal, 243, 42–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2018.11.008

Chassang, L., Langlois, I., Loos, P., Freire, M., & O'Toole, E. (2018). Chylous ascites associated with abdominal trauma and intestinal resection-anastomosis in a pet ferret (Mustela putorius furo). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 252(10), 1272–1278. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.252.10.1272

Freire, M., Knazovicky, D., Case, B., Thomson, A., & Lascelles, B. D. X. (2016). Comparison of thermal and mechanical quantitative sensory testing in client-owned dogs with chronic naturally occurring pain and normal dogs. The Veterinary Journal, 210, 95–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2016.01.005

Lascelles, B. D. X., Knazovicky, D., Case, B., Freire, M., Innes, J. F., Drew, A. C., & Gearing, D. P. (2015). A canine-specific anti-nerve growth factor antibody alleviates pain and improves mobility and function in dogs with degenerative joint disease-associated pain. BMC Veterinary Research, 11(1), 101. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-015-0413-x

Freire, M., Meuten, D., & Lascelles, D. (2014). Pathology of Articular Cartilage and Synovial Membrane From Elbow Joints With and Without Degenerative Joint Disease in Domestic Cats. Veterinary Pathology, 51(5), 968–978. https://doi.org/10.1177/0300985813516648

Charlton, A. N., Benito, J., Simpson, W., Freire, M., & Lascelles, B. D. X. (2013). Evaluation of the clinical use of tepoxalin and meloxicam in cats. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 15(8), 678–690. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612x12473994

Briley, J. D., Williams, M. D., Freire, M., Griffith, E. H., & Lascelles, B. D. X. (2014). Feasibility and repeatability of cold and mechanical quantitative sensory testing in normal dogs. The Veterinary Journal, 199(2), 245–250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.10.025

Lascelles, B. D. X., Henry III, J. B., Brown, J., Robertson, I., Sumrell, A. T., Simpson, W., … Pease, A. (2010). Cross-Sectional Study of the Prevalence of Radiographic Degenerative Joint Disease in Domesticated Cats. Veterinary Surgery, 39(5), 535–544. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-950x.2010.00708.x

Freire, M., Brown, J., Robertson, I. D., Pease, A. P., Hash, J., Hunter, S., … Lascelles, B. D. X. (2010). Meniscal Mineralization in Domestic Cats. Veterinary Surgery, 39(5), 545–552. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-950x.2010.00648.x

Benito-de-la-Víbora, J., Lascelles, B. D. X., García-Fernández, P., Freire, M., & Gómez de Segura, I. A. (2008). Efficacy of tolfenamic acid and meloxicam in the control of postoperative pain following ovariohysterectomy in the cat. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 35(6), 501–510. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2995.2008.00407.x