Table 1.
Classification of raters by using their self-declared answers regarding participation in animal experiments/care taking as well as on animal-handling experience with different species (large laboratory animals and rats and mice) into three consecutive groups (B: Beginners, A: Advanced, P: Professionals).
Fig 1.
Photographs of mice used to assess different severity degrees of clinical appearance in a questionnaire.
The position of the images was assigned randomly. The numbers shown in the Table match the position of the photograph in the questionnaire.
Table 2.
Potential factors influencing the rating of the clinical presentation in photographs of mice investigated with generalisability study.
Fig 2.
Box and whisker plot for all severity ratings of clinic appearance.
Results are presented over all raters (n = 84) regardless of their laboratory animal experience and for each picture individually. *Single ratings of raters.
Table 3.
Results of clinical appearance severity scoring based on rater experience presented as mean, Standard Deviation (SD), p-values and absolute deviation from the reference score.
Table 4.
Descriptive statistics of the main effects (severity degree of clinical appearance of pictured mouse, perspective, experience, and rater) when rating the degree of severity of clinical appearance in pictured mice analysed using generalisability theory.