Data from: Changes in environment and management practices improve foot health in zoo-housed flamingos

<strong>Summary</strong> This dataset accompanies the publication <strong>"Changes in Environment and Management Practices Improve Foot Health in Zoo-Housed Flamingos"</strong> published in <em>Animals</em>. This study tracked changes in foot lesions for an individual flock of Chilean flamingos (97 birds) at Dublin Zoo (Ireland) over an 18-month period in response to management and substrate changes . Photos of each flamingo's feet were taken on May 6th 2021, when all flamingos had access to their outdoor habitat (<strong>Time Point A</strong>). Photos were taken again on 16th April 2022, following a six month period when the flamingos were restricted to their indoor habitat due to a Government order to prevent the spread of Avian Influenza (<strong>Time Point B</strong>). Final photos were taken on 9th November 2022, six months following the release of the birds back into their outdoor habitat (<strong>Time Point C</strong>). Further details can be found in the corresponding publication. Scoring was undertaken blindly by two independent and trained evaluators. These scores reflect the scoring metric developed by Nielsen et al. 2010, and include the four types of common flamingo foot lesion: hyperkeratosis, fissures, nodular lesions, and papillomatous growths. The independently calculated foot scores were subsequently compared, and in instances where the foot scores did not match, a consensus was sought between both evaluators to provide a final value for subsequent analysis. The data presented here reflects the consensus values used in the analysis. Discrepancies in the foot scores between both evaluators are reported and discussed in the corresponding publication. <br> <strong>Description of the Dataset</strong> One file is provided in .csv format. The file contains the following 11 columns: <strong>Time_Point:</strong> The Time Point at which photos were taken (A = 6th May 2021, B = 16th April 2022, and C = 9th November 2022). <strong>Animal_Identifier: </strong>An anonymous code used to identify individual flamingos (n = 97). <strong>Hyperkeratosis_Total: </strong>The total hyperkeratosis score for that flamingo at that Time Point (considering both feet). <strong>Fissures_Total: </strong>The total fissures score for that flamingo at that Time Point (considering both feet). <strong>Nodular_Lesions_Total: </strong>The total nodular lesions score for that flamingo at that Time Point (considering both feet). <strong>Papillomatous_Growths_Total:</strong> The total papillomatous growths score for that flamingo at that Time Point (considering both feet). <strong>L_Total:</strong> The total left foot lesions score for that flamingo at that Time Point (considering all types of foot lesion). <strong>R_Total:</strong> The total right foot lesions score for that flamingo at that Time Point (considering all types of foot lesion). <strong>Overall_Total:</strong> The total foot lesions score for that flamingo at that Time Point (considering both feet and all types of foot lesion). <strong>Sex:</strong> The sex of the flamingo (Male or Female) <strong>Age: </strong>The age of the flamingo (Years) <strong>Acknowledgements</strong> We acknowledge and thank all Dublin Zoo staff and volunteers for their support and assistance throughout the project. Additionally, we thank Dr. Laura Kane for her technical assistance and support. <strong>Disclaimer</strong> Despite our best efforts at screening the data for errors and inconsistencies, some information could be erroneous. <strong>Credit</strong> If you use this dataset, please cite the corresponding publication: Mooney, A., McCall, K., Bastow, S., &amp; Rose, P. (2023). Changes in Environment and Management Practices Improve Foot Health in Zoo-Housed Flamingos. <em>Animals, 13</em>(15),<em> </em>2483. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152483<strong>摘要</strong> 本数据集配套发表于《动物》（Animals）期刊的论文"Changes in Environment and Management Practices Improve Foot Health in Zoo-Housed Flamingos"。本研究针对爱尔兰都柏林动物园的97只智利红鹳（Chilean flamingos）种群，追踪了18个月内其足部病变随饲养管理与基底环境改变产生的变化。2021年5月6日，当所有红鹳均可接触室外饲养环境时，拍摄了每只红鹳足部的照片（<strong>时间节点A</strong>）。2022年4月16日，即红鹳因政府为防止禽流感（Avian Influenza）扩散的命令被限制在室内饲养六个月后，再次拍摄了足部照片（<strong>时间节点B</strong>）。最终拍摄于2022年11月9日，即红鹳被放回室外饲养环境六个月后（<strong>时间节点C</strong>）。更多细节可参阅配套发表的论文。<br>评分由两名独立且经过专业培训的评估者以盲法开展，采用Nielsen等人2010年开发的评分体系，涵盖四种常见红鹳足部病变：角化过度（hyperkeratosis）、裂隙（fissures）、结节性病变（nodular lesions）与乳头状增生（papillomatous growths）。随后会比对两名评估者的独立评分结果，若评分不一致，则由两名评估者协商达成共识，以获取用于后续分析的最终分值。本数据集呈现的即为分析中使用的共识分值，两名评估者的评分差异将在配套论文中进行报道与讨论。<br> <strong>数据集描述</strong> 本数据集提供一份.csv格式文件，文件包含以下11列：<br><strong>Time_Point:</strong> 拍摄照片时的时间节点（A=2021年5月6日，B=2022年4月16日，C=2022年11月9日）。<br><strong>Animal_Identifier:</strong> 用于识别单只红鹳的匿名编码（共97只）。<br><strong>Hyperkeratosis_Total:</strong> 该时间节点下该红鹳的总角化过度评分（涵盖双足）。<br><strong>Fissures_Total:</strong> 该时间节点下该红鹳的总裂隙评分（涵盖双足）。<br><strong>Nodular_Lesions_Total:</strong> 该时间节点下该红鹳的总结节性病变评分（涵盖双足）。<br><strong>Papillomatous_Growths_Total:</strong> 该时间节点下该红鹳的总乳头状增生评分（涵盖双足）。<br><strong>L_Total:</strong> 该时间节点下该红鹳的左足总病变评分（涵盖所有类型足部病变）。<br><strong>R_Total:</strong> 该时间节点下该红鹳的右足总病变评分（涵盖所有类型足部病变）。<br><strong>Overall_Total:</strong> 该时间节点下该红鹳的总足部病变评分（涵盖双足及所有类型足部病变）。<br><strong>Sex:</strong> 该红鹳的性别（雄性或雌性）。<br><strong>Age:</strong> 该红鹳的年龄（单位：年）。<br><strong>致谢</strong> 我们感谢都柏林动物园全体员工与志愿者在项目全程提供的支持与协助。此外，感谢Laura Kane博士提供的技术支持与帮助。<br><strong>免责声明</strong> 尽管我们已尽最大努力筛查数据以排除错误与不一致之处，但仍可能存在部分信息有误的情况。<br><strong>引用说明</strong> 若您使用本数据集，请引用以下论文：Mooney, A., McCall, K., Bastow, S., & Rose, P. (2023). Changes in Environment and Management Practices Improve Foot Health in Zoo-Housed Flamingos. *Animals, 13*(15), 2483. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152483