VetTriageBench-45: A Veterinary Triage Accuracy Benchmark for AI Symptom Assessment Systems

VetTriageBench-45 is the first open benchmark for evaluating AI veterinary triage accuracy across dogs and cats. It comprises 45 standardised vignettes equally distributed across EMERGENCY, URGENT, and SELF_CARE categories, adapted from the Semigran et al. (BMJ 2015) methodology for human symptom-checker evaluation. Results (v1.0, 2026-07-02):- Claude Sonnet 4.6: 73.3% accuracy [95% CI 59–84%], 0% unsafe undertriage- GPT-4o: 80.0% accuracy [95% CI 66–89%], 2.2% unsafe undertriage (1 missed EMERGENCY) Key finding: Claude never downgraded a genuine emergency. GPT-4o missed one case (feline urethral obstruction in female cat, PA014). Both models show 100% sensitivity for unambiguous emergencies (GDV, seizures, permethrin toxicosis). Triage categories align to the Veterinary Triage List (Ruys et al. JVECC 2012) / VetTriS (Groesser et al. JVECC 2025). Ground truth labels are AI-assisted (v1.0); expert veterinary consensus validation planned for v2.0.