Preliminary validation of a novel tool to assess dog welfare: The Animal Welfare Assessment Grid
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Content validity was assessed by subject matter experts by rating the validity of the factors for assessing dog welfare using the item-level content validity index (I-CVI) and scale-level content validity index based on the average method (S-CVI/Ave). Construct validity was evaluated by users of the
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- Content validity was assessed by subject matter experts by rating the validity of the factors for assessing dog welfare using the item-level content validity index (I-CVI) and scale-level content validity index based on the average method (S-CVI/Ave). Construct validity was evaluated by users of the tool scoring healthy and sick dogs, as well as he...
- rue picture of an animal's quality of life, welfare should be routinely measured and not just taken at a snapshot in time.
- Schmutz et al. (18) developed a tool that is completed by dog owners and assesses eight parameters (energetic, mobile, relaxed, happy, sociable, relaxed, interested and satisfied) using a Likert-type scale.
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