ABSTRACT

We aimed to study to what extent body condition and skin soiling in cattle are rated differently depending on the profession, education and professional experience of assessors. Data were collected at 15 group-training sessions in the years 2009–2016. Totally, 569 persons; Swedish animal welfare inspectors, veterinarians/advisers, animal welfare scientists, other animal professionals as well as undergraduate students in animal science rated a set of 6–40 photos with respect to animal body condition, animal skin soiling, and recommended corrective action in response to perceived animal soiling. The more extensive animal science education, the less prone animal welfare inspectors were to give higher body condition scores. Students had a higher overall probability of rating the degree of soiling higher than the animal welfare inspectors and veterinarians/advisers. Students also recommended stricter corrective actions than did welfare inspectors and veterinarians/advisers, and veterinarians/advisers recommended less strict actions than animal welfare inspectors.

摘要

我们旨在研究牛的身体状况和皮肤污染程度在多大程度上取决于评估者的职业，学历和专业经验。在2009-2016年的15场小组培训中收集了数据。共有569人；瑞典动物福利检查员，兽医/顾问，动物福利科学家，其他动物专业人士以及动物科学专业的本科生针对动物的身体状况，动物的皮肤沾污以及建议的纠正措施对一组6至40张照片进行了评级感知到的动物污染。动物科学教育越广泛，动物福利检查员就越不容易获得较高的身体状况评分。与动物福利检查人员和兽医/顾问相比，学生对污染程度的总体评价较高。与福利检查员和兽医/顾问相比，学生还建议采取更严格的纠正措施，而兽医/顾问建议的矫正措施要少于动物福利检查员。