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A data frame describing the 18 reporting items grouped into eight domains: five welfare domains adapted from the Mellor five-domains model (Nutrition, Environment, Health, Behaviour, Affective state), and three cross-cutting foundations (Subjects, Procedures, Ethics & compliance). End-of-study disposition (fate_end) lives within the Health welfare domain.

Usage

instar_items

Format

A data frame with 18 rows and the following columns:

order

integer; canonical display order

group

"welfare" or "foundation"

domain

one of eight domain names

item_id

short snake_case identifier; the join key for user input

item

display name of the item

description

prompt text describing what to report

lab

applicability in laboratory studies: "Y", "C", or "-"

field

applicability in field studies: "Y", "C", or "-"

Source

White et al. (in prep), Reporting items for invertebrate welfare.