The Combination of Serum and Oral Fluid Cortisol Levels and Welfare Quality Protocol® for Assessment of Pig Welfare on Intensive Farms
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
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Reviewer 2 Report
I find the idea of this research interesting and potentially useful. However, it would be good if you found a way to correlate the resulting welfare scores with the measured cortisol levels. When the conclusion is taken into account, the title of the paper is not adequate because it points to something else.
In several places, there are very long sentences whose segments are separated by commas or semicolons. This makes them difficult to read and understand and should be revised. In addition, several methodological details need to be better explained or revised. It is especially important to explain how blood and oral fluid samples were taken and compared in the same animal (without the existence of a control group).
The attached document contains suggestions on how to improve the manuscript.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript looks better now, thank you for accepting suggestions.
