Does Thirty-Minute Standardised Training Improve the Inter-Observer Reliability of the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS)? A Case Study
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethic Statement
2.2. Students
2.3. HGS Standardised Training Program
2.4. Data Collection
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Course | Institution | n of Students |
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Second year students in Veterinary Medicine | University of Milan | n = 63 |
Fourth year students in Veterinary Medicine | University of Teramo | n = 31 |
Third and fourth year students of Applied Biology | University of British Columbia | n = 28 |
Third year and MSc students in Animal Science | University of Newcastle | n = 40 |
Second and third year students in Animal Welfare and Husbandry | University of Milan | n = 44 |
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Dai, F.; Leach, M.; MacRae, A.M.; Minero, M.; Dalla Costa, E. Does Thirty-Minute Standardised Training Improve the Inter-Observer Reliability of the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS)? A Case Study. Animals 2020, 10, 781. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10050781
Dai F, Leach M, MacRae AM, Minero M, Dalla Costa E. Does Thirty-Minute Standardised Training Improve the Inter-Observer Reliability of the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS)? A Case Study. Animals. 2020; 10(5):781. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10050781
Chicago/Turabian StyleDai, Francesca, Matthew Leach, Amelia Mari MacRae, Michela Minero, and Emanuela Dalla Costa. 2020. "Does Thirty-Minute Standardised Training Improve the Inter-Observer Reliability of the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS)? A Case Study" Animals 10, no. 5: 781. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10050781