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List of Canine Welfare Research Needs Identified by Experts
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Skipper AM, Packer RMA, O’Neill DG (2024) “Maybe we should think outside the box?” prioritisation of issues with UK not-for-profit canine health and welfare research funding using Delphi expert consensus and gap analysis. PLoS ONE 19(12): e0313735. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313735
Canine Welfare & Health
| Rank | Problem Category | Specific Issues | Overall Mean Priority Score (Lower number = higher priority) | Total Funding in Historical Dataset | Priority Rank | Funding Rank | Funding Rank Ratio Index (Priority Rank / Funding Rank) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Societal Issues | Dog bite attacks | 1 | £0.00 | 24 | 1 | 24 |
| 2 | Breeding and Supply Issues | Increasing the supply of healthy well-bred dogs | 1 | £0.00 | 24 | 1 | 24 |
| 3 | Canine Behaviour | Human lifestyle and canine behaviour | 1 | £541,697.88 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Breeding and Supply Issues | Uninformed puppy buying (HBC) | 1.13 | £54,800.00 | 20 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Clinical Practice | Access/affordability of veterinary care | 1.14 | £231,090.00 | 13 | 5 | 2.6 |
| 6 | Issues related to Importation | Welfare and importation | 1.15 | £201,662.00 | 15 | 6 | 2.5 |
| 7 | Breeding and Supply Issues | Desire for extreme conformation | 1.25 | £225,293.08 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | Clinical Practice | Veterinary overtreatment/euthanasia | 1.25 | £403,487.00 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | Canine Behaviour | Poor understanding of canine behaviour | 1.29 | £330,352.00 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| 10 | Clinical Practice | Welfare and real-world problems | 1.33 | £105,690.00 | 17 | 10 | 1.7 |
| 11 | Breeding and Supply Issues | Online puppy trading | 1.35 | £196,662.00 | 16 | 11 | 1.45 |
| 12 | Clinical Practice | Common chronic disorders | 1.35 | £8,378,673.10 | 2 | 11 | 0.18 |
| 13 | Breed-related Diseases (Overall) | Breed-related diseases | 1.36 | £11,146,494.50 | 1 | 13 | 0.08 |
| 14 | Societal Issues | Public ignorance about dogs | 1.43 | £305,835.00 | 10 | 14 | 0.71 |
| 15 | Ownership Issues | Ownership-lifestyle and husbandry | 1.43 | £382,638.15 | 8 | 14 | 0.57 |
| 16 | Ownership Issues | Ownership-acquisition issues | 1.5 | £291,282.00 | 12 | 16 | 0.75 |
| 17 | Issues related to Importation | Exotic diseases and importation | 1.57 | £2,120,663.00 | 3 | 16 | 0.19 |
| 18 | Societal Issues | Social media/popular culture | 1.54 | £0.00 | 24 | 18 | 1.33 |
| 19 | Breeding and Supply Issues | Breeding regulation | 1.57 | £0.00 | 24 | 19 | 1.26 |
| 20 | Societal Issues | Cost of living crisis | 1.57 | £96,375.00 | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| 21 | Canine Behaviour | Canine behaviour | 1.67 | £1,797,760.21 | 4 | 21 | 0.19 |
| 22 | Breeding and Supply Issues | Exploitative breeding for profit | 1.84 | £0.00 | 24 | 22 | 1.09 |
| 23 | Canine Behaviour | Training methods | 1.92 | £2,000.00 | 22 | 23 | 0.96 |
| 24 | Breeding and Supply Issues | Which breeders produce healthier dogs | 2 | £2,000.00 | 22 | 24 | 0.92 |
| 25 | Clinical Practice | Long term health and medication/diet issues | 2 | £100,173.00 | 18 | 24 | 0.75 |
| 26 | Shelter Welfare | Long term shelter welfare | 2 | £299,540.22 | 11 | 24 | 0.46 |
| 27 | Breeding and Supply Issues | Population and quantitative genetics | 2 | £1,406,165.25 | 5 | 24 | 0.21 |
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