Assigned Category	Definitions
Welfare	Primarily focused on the broader animal welfare (non-clinical: stress, harm, etc.) impacts on Ball pythons in captivity for commercial, private or zoological purposes.
Conservation	Primarily focused on Ball python conservation, wild populations and their management, and/or species status.
Veterinary science	Primarily focused on the pathology, clinical symptoms or treatments and procedures relating to Ball pythons.
Trade	Primarily focused on the trade of Ball pythons, other than welfare and conservation impacts. For example, scope and scale of trade, economic impacts and legislation or regulation.