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. 2024 Jan 24;33:e3. doi: 10.1017/awf.2024.3

Table 3.

Results of the 2022 welfare assessment, presented as the averaged percentage scores from the Q1 2022 and Q3 2022 assessments for each category, subcategory, and total score, presented for each facility (A–M) and averaged across facilities

Category Subcategory A B C D E F G H I J K L M Avg
Physical General condition 93.5 100 95 80 97 97.5 94.5 79.5 94 76 96.5 87 81.5 90.2
Nutrition 92 100 100 95.5 92 91.5 89 60.5 94.5 72.5 100 100 44.5 87.1
Pain assessment and mitigation 80 80 100 80 100 100 100 80 100 100 60 60 100 87.7
Records 93.5 100 65 87 93 88 89.5 46.5 60 78 97 88 77 81.7
Total 92.5 98 93 84 96 96 93 72.5 90 78 94 87 77 88.5
Behavioural Behavioural assessments 70 100 60 35 100 80 90 55 70 90 100 100 100 80.8
Animal behaviour 89 100 92 71.5 100 90.5 83 41.5 91.5 79 100 80 50 82.2
Social behaviour 91.5 94.5 90 76.5 93 91.5 89 74.5 75 86.5 94 85 66 85.2
Feeding behaviour 91.5 100 83 5 70 97.5 98 70 75 66.5 100 100 83.5 80
Parental behaviour na na na na na na 100 na na na na na na na
Ability to cope 85 100 83 50 80 82.5 72.5 33.5 91.5 46 100 100 50 74.9
Bonus 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
Total 88.5 97.5 82 66 93 90.5 88 60 80.5 54.5 57 62 56.5 68.5
Environmental Housing 62 100 91 44 90 69 71.5 76.5 76.5 62 69.5 95 81.5 76
Resources/enrichment 64.5 92 80 57.5 77 73 70 56 59 56 61 64 79.5 68.4
Exercise opportunities 25 100 na 0 50 25 25 12.5 62.5 12.5 25 50 37.5 35.4
Bonus (+) 0 15 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 15
Bonus (-) 0 0 0 −20 0 −20 −20 0 −2 −6 −20 −20 −20
Total 57.5 104 84.5 37 80 57.5 59.5 59 61 54 52 66 75 65.2
Training Acclimation 67 100 100 16.5 100 100 67 50 100 100 0 100 100 76.9
Habituation, desensitisation, counter-conditioning 88 96 79 46.5 90 66.5 78 52 75.5 69 32 0 na 64.4
Positive reinforcement training 57 89 64 15 0 31 52 27 0 50 50 0 50 37
Human interaction 88 100 80 71.5 90 78 69.5 47 85.5 63 71.5 84 61 76.1
Animal participation/co-operation 87 100 71 49 90 75 60 68 88.5 33 70 na 43.5 69.6
Total 84 97 72.5 49 90 71.5 67 49 80.5 54.5 57 62 56.5 68.5
Procedural Capture 87.5 100 83 42.5 100 66 53 41.5 na 33.5 17 na 37.5 60.1
Restraint 50 89 50 39 89 66.5 41.5 75.5 89 75 100 100 na 72
Procedures 82.5 89 91 45 96 75 76.5 84 94 90 57 67 79 78.9
Recovery 100 100 100 50 100 75 75 75 100 75 100 100 100 88.5
Ambience 50 80 80 50 30 50 40 47.5 52.5 77.5 55 100 67.5 60
Scheduling 25 25 67 42 100 50 75 41.5 67 58.5 67 na 75 57.8
Total 75 85.5 85 37 89 69.5 65.5 75.5 84.5 74.5 55 90 70.5 73.6
Culture of care Initial training 90 84 97 85.5 90 74 80.5 84 91.5 77 96.5 94 81.5 86.6
Continuing education 84.5 33.5 83.5 60 100 55.5 72.5 25 62.5 42 91.5 75 73.5 66.1
Compassion fatigue and resiliency building programmes/activities 76.5 38 62.5 36 73 50.5 66.5 44 59 62 91.5 60 46.5 58.9
Involvement/opportunity 71 38 74 69 81 51 50 46 68.5 52.5 79 67 50 61.3
Choice and control in work schedule 75.5 88.5 78 58.5 72 57 54 51 73 67.5 84 83 64.5 69.7
Recognition 85.5 69.5 79 67.5 75 76.5 80 75.5 83.5 79 96 94 84 80.4
Voice concerns 86 95 83.5 76.5 83 75.5 71.5 70.5 72.5 97 91.5 92 62 81.3
Competencies 82 91 84.5 81.5 64 69.5 54.5 80 88 70 100 96 82 80.2
Bonus 21 21 7 21 0 63 91 70 21 35 0 35 14
Total 82 79 83 67 80 69 73.5 67.5 78.5 75.5 95.5 88 72 77.7
Total Score 82.5 89.5 87 63 87 76.5 78.5 64.5 78.5 70.5 85 84 71.5