Evaluating FIDO: Developing and pilot testing the Field Instantaneous Dog Observation tool
Field assessments of the health and welfare of kenneled dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) must be both accurate and rapid. In order to facilitate such evaluations, especially by individuals with limited training in canine behavior and welfare, a non-invasive tool was developed and pilot-tested utilizing...
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ftunivcordoba:oai:helvia.uco.es:10396/16049 2023-05-15T15:50:34+02:00 Evaluating FIDO: Developing and pilot testing the Field Instantaneous Dog Observation tool Bauer, Amy E. Jordan, Mary Colon, Monica Shreyer, Traci Croney, Candace 2017 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10396/16049 eng eng Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal http://www.uco.es/ucopress/ojs/index.php/pet/index 2445-2874 http://hdl.handle.net/10396/16049 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Pet Behaviour Science 4, 1-15 (2017) Dogs Commercial breeding Behavior Welfare Assessment info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2017 ftunivcordoba 2023-03-22T00:25:38Z Field assessments of the health and welfare of kenneled dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) must be both accurate and rapid. In order to facilitate such evaluations, especially by individuals with limited training in canine behavior and welfare, a non-invasive tool was developed and pilot-tested utilizing dogs housed in commercial breeding facilities. Behavioral responses to approach were organized into three categories: red, indicating a fearful response to approach, green, indicating an affiliative or neutral response to approach, and yellow, indicating an ambivalent response to approach. The inter-rater reliability (IRR) of the tool when used by both behavioral experts and novice raters was evaluated with and without the presence of the dog’s familiar caretaker. Utilizing Cohen’s kappa, the experts had almost perfect levels of agreement (kappa=0.87). The novice raters had substantial levels of agreement (kappa=0.74). Overall, the dogs assessed by the novice raters had high proportions of green responses to approach and there was no statistically significant effect of caretaker presence on the proportion of green responses to approach. The assessment tool evaluated herein appears to have a high degree of IRR whether used by experts in canine behavior or by novice raters and may be a useful screening tool to determine the need for more in-depth welfare assessments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Helvia - Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Córdoba |
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Dogs Commercial breeding Behavior Welfare Assessment Bauer, Amy E. Jordan, Mary Colon, Monica Shreyer, Traci Croney, Candace Evaluating FIDO: Developing and pilot testing the Field Instantaneous Dog Observation tool |
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Field assessments of the health and welfare of kenneled dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) must be both accurate and rapid. In order to facilitate such evaluations, especially by individuals with limited training in canine behavior and welfare, a non-invasive tool was developed and pilot-tested utilizing dogs housed in commercial breeding facilities. Behavioral responses to approach were organized into three categories: red, indicating a fearful response to approach, green, indicating an affiliative or neutral response to approach, and yellow, indicating an ambivalent response to approach. The inter-rater reliability (IRR) of the tool when used by both behavioral experts and novice raters was evaluated with and without the presence of the dog’s familiar caretaker. Utilizing Cohen’s kappa, the experts had almost perfect levels of agreement (kappa=0.87). The novice raters had substantial levels of agreement (kappa=0.74). Overall, the dogs assessed by the novice raters had high proportions of green responses to approach and there was no statistically significant effect of caretaker presence on the proportion of green responses to approach. The assessment tool evaluated herein appears to have a high degree of IRR whether used by experts in canine behavior or by novice raters and may be a useful screening tool to determine the need for more in-depth welfare assessments. |
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Bauer, Amy E. Jordan, Mary Colon, Monica Shreyer, Traci Croney, Candace |
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Bauer, Amy E. Jordan, Mary Colon, Monica Shreyer, Traci Croney, Candace |
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Evaluating FIDO: Developing and pilot testing the Field Instantaneous Dog Observation tool |
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Evaluating FIDO: Developing and pilot testing the Field Instantaneous Dog Observation tool |
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Evaluating FIDO: Developing and pilot testing the Field Instantaneous Dog Observation tool |
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Evaluating FIDO: Developing and pilot testing the Field Instantaneous Dog Observation tool |
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Evaluating FIDO: Developing and pilot testing the Field Instantaneous Dog Observation tool |
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evaluating fido: developing and pilot testing the field instantaneous dog observation tool |
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Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal |
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2017 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10396/16049 |
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Canis lupus |
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Canis lupus |
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Pet Behaviour Science 4, 1-15 (2017) |
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http://www.uco.es/ucopress/ojs/index.php/pet/index 2445-2874 http://hdl.handle.net/10396/16049 |
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