Risk assessment of sheep welfare at small-scale slaughter in Nordic countries, comparing with large-scale slaughter

Table 2 Summary of linear mixed models of welfare quantities

Quantity	Small-scale		Large-scale
Quantity	R²	Expert variance (% of total)	R²	Expert variance (% of total)
Lowest possible exposure	0.39	0.0031 (15)	0.43	0.0042 (11)
Most-likely exposure	0.47	0.0039 (11)	0.48	0.00063 (1.4)
Highest possible exposure	0.54	0.012 (21)	0.53	0.0040 (6.3)
Intensity	0.64	0.21 (29)	0.59	0.16 (22)
Duration	0.59	0.12 (15)	0.62	0.034 (5.0)
Lowest possible likelihood	0.48	0.037 (38)	0.45	0.030 (35)
Most-likely likelihood	0.40	0.024 (28)	0.37	0.022 (27)
Highest possible likelihood	0.37	0.017 (25)	0.32	0.016 (22)
Bibliographic uncertainty	0.53	0.22 (46)	0.37	0.14 (30)

Coefficients of determination (R²) and expert variance components from linear mixed models of quantities related to sheep welfare risks at small-scale and large-scale slaughter in Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Finland; aggregated data from nine experts 2012

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