Pete Wedderburn: Using science to assess a pet’s quality of life

An online tool can now help you judge whether a pet is enjoying life.

Science is the foundation of my work as a veterinarian. From evaluating the animal, to making a diagnosis, to setting the treatment and giving a prognosis, everything is based on science. My education involved reading textbooks that are full of facts that scientists have discovered about how animals work, from the molecular level to the cellular level to the body level. Diagnoses and treatments were developed by observing many thousands of animals with similar conditions. I know that the work I do is backed by facts.

However, there are some areas of veterinary work that are more subjective than objective. People will ask me how I feel about a situation, and I will give my professional opinion. Sure, science comes into it, but sometimes it’s more about observation, experience, and judgment. And while I may be right most of the time, this is open to personal interpretation. If my opinion is compared to the opinions of twenty other vets, there is probably a variation between the results.

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