Treatment randomisation at animal or pen level?
Random treatment assignment is essential in demonstrating a causal relationship between a treatment and the outcome of interest. Randomisation ensures that animals assigned to different treatment groups do not differ from each other systematically, except for the randomly assigned treatment. The randomisation pattern should also dictate the statistical analysis.
Authors
- Christian Burvenich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1156-0981)
- Robrecht Dockx (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3473-1931)
- Frédéric Vangroenweghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0569-9503)
- Matthijs Vynck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9875-385X)
- Luc Duchateau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0462-3638)
- Klara Goethals
Institutions
- Ghent University (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Laboratory Animals
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00236772241247274
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.55