Open AccessRepeatability of subjective grading in fur animals III. Grading of live blue foxes in different environmental conditions
Author(s) -
Hilkka Kenttämies,
Kerstin Smeds
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
agricultural and food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1795-1895
pISSN - 1459-6067
DOI - 10.23986/afsci.72452
Subject(s) - grading (engineering) , daylight , clarity , repeatability , biology , statistics , mathematics , ecology , optics , physics , biochemistry
Association between repeatedly scored body size and fur characteristics were studied in live blue foxes. Gradings in cages and outside cages in lamplight and daylight were also compared. Colour tended to be easier and clarity more difficult to evaluate than the other traits. Differences between judges in accuracy of grading were greater than between various grading environments. The grading was more reliable outside cages than within cages. The most uniform results were obtained when the same judge graded the animals in the same environmental conditions.