Veterinary decision making in relation to metritis - a qualitative approach to understand the background for variation and bias in veterinary medical records |
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Authors: | Dorte B Lastein Mette Vaarst Carsten Enevoldsen |
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Affiliation: | 1.Department of Large Animal Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences,University of Copenhagen,Frederiksberg C,Denmark;2.Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum,University of Aarhus,Tjele,Denmark |
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Abstract: | Background Results of analyses based on veterinary records of animal disease may be prone to variation and bias, because data collection for these registers relies on different observers in different settings as well as different treatment criteria. Understanding the human influence on data collection and the decisions related to this process may help veterinary and agricultural scientists motivate observers (veterinarians and farmers) to work more systematically, which may improve data quality. This study investigates qualitative relations between two types of records: 1) 'diagnostic data' as recordings of metritis scores and 2) 'intervention data' as recordings of medical treatment for metritis and the potential influence on quality of the data. |
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