The development of guidelines to improve dairy donkey management and welfare

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Table 1. Symbols and definitions adopted for critical appraisal of scientific literature throughout the guidelines.

	Evidence obtained from meta-analysis or systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials or at least one randomised controlled trial
	Evidence obtained from at least one controlled study without randomisation
	Evidence obtained from at least one other type of well-designed quasi- experimental study, without randomisation
	Evidence obtained from well-designed non-experimental descriptive studies, such as comparative studies, correlation studies and case studies
	Evidence obtained from expert committee reports or opinions and/or clinical experiences of respected authorities

Table 2. Interpretation of symbols used in the guidelines.

	Essential requirements
	Additional practices
	Warning
	Further information