Improving Ovine Behavioral Pain Diagnosis by Implementing Statistical Weightings Based on Logistic Regression and Random Forest Algorithms

Recently, the Unesp-Botucatu sheep acute pain scale (USAPS) was created, refined, and psychometrically validated as a tool that offers fast, robust, and simple application. Evidence points to an improvement in pain diagnosis when the importance of the behavioral items of an instrument is statistical...

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Main Authors: Pedro Henrique Esteves Trindade, João Fernando Serrajordia Rocha de Mello, Nuno Emanuel Oliveira Figueiredo Silva, Stelio Pacca Loureiro Luna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/21/2940