Table 3.
Article type and outcome variables measured for the literature included in the scoping review.
| Type of Outcome Measured | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production | Tail-Biting | Blood Metabolites | Other | Total | |
| Article Type 1 | |||||
| Conference Proceedings |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Full-Text Articles 2 | 38 | 81 | 12 | 45 | 176 |
| Research Reports 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Total | 41 | 88 | 13 | 47 | 189 |
1 Possible for the same publication to have had more than one (1) outcome measured. Sixty-two (62) studies had more than one (1) outcome measured. 2 Full-text articles included journal articles found in peer-reviewed sources and included an abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion and reference lists. 3 Research reports included short communications which did not meet full-text article inclusion criteria.