Pleasure-Track

…The Pain-Track includes four levels of negative affect, from Neutral to Excruciating, while the Pleasure-Track mirrors this ordinal structure for positive affect, ranging from Neutral to Blissful. Together, they form…

DISTRESS - **PAIN_TRACK_PHASE** — specific PT phase row this informs, if applicable (e.g. "P1.2 Inflammatory peak hrs 2–4") - **SPECIES_CODE** — PIG / CAT (cattle) / SHE (sheep) / POU (poultry) / etc. - **PROCEDURE_CODE** — SXCAST / DEHORN / TDOCK / MULES / etc. - **TOOL_PARAMETER_MAPPING** — your reasoning for how this raw value connects to a Pain-Track parameter value. This is the evidence-to-judgement pathway required for WFF transparency. Example: "Peak cortisol at 60 min post-castration supports early inflammatory phase intensity distribution P1.2, specifically the upper-bound case when no analgesia is administered." - **AI_EXTRACTED** — "Yes — to be verified" - **MANUAL_VERIFIED** — leave blank (researcher completes) - **CORRECTION_FLAG** — leave blank (researcher completes) - **NOTES** — anything important about this data point; cross-references to related EXTRACTION_IDs ## Critical rules **Never invent units.** If the paper does not state the unit for a value, output the unit field as `UNIT_UNCLEAR — manual check required`. Do not guess. Do not assume standard units. **Never read numbers from figures.** If a value only appears in a chart, graph, or scatter plot — not in the caption, text, or a data table — output `VALUE IN FIGURE [X] — manual read required` and leave VALUE blank. Chart reading is where AI extraction fails most often; a human must read these values off the source image. **Never average values across groups or time points.** Extract each reported value as a separate row. If the paper reports mean cortisol at 30, 60, and 120 min post-procedure, that is three rows — not one "average cortisol" row. **Never skip a value because it is "not significant".** Non-significance is a finding. Extract the numbers and record the

rk and to reduce male specific behaviour, farmers have traditionally castrated their male piglets surgically and the procedure is still common in most countries. As this has usually been done without any pain relief, this measure faces strong public criticism. European stakeholders committed themselves to end this practice from 2018, but today, 75% of male piglets are still surgically castrated in the EU. Pain relief during and/or after surgery is increasingly used in some Western European countries to avoid suffering of the animals, but the surgery and risk of infections remain. Alternatives without surgical castration in pork production are raising entire males or immunocastration. Entire males have the advantage of a high growth potential and a good feed conversion rate, but the risk of boar taint and welfare problems due to male behavior limit the acceptance by the pork chain. Immunocastration reduces these problems but also decreases, in part, the anabolic advantage of males. To find country-specific, tailored solutions, there is a need to bundle the research activities along the pork chain and to spread scientific information to increase the acceptance of alternatives by farmers, industry and consumers. 1. Introduction For a very long time, farmers have been castrating their male piglets surgically without any pain relief. The practice is still common in most countries, but it is increasingly facing strong criticism because of the pain associated with the surgery. The suffering incurred by the animal during the surgical process and the following days has been well documented during the last 15 years. In 2010, European stakeholders had already committed themselves to end this practice and to develop pork production systems by 2018 that are independent of surgical

rk and to reduce male specific behaviour, farmers have traditionally castrated their male piglets surgically and the procedure is still common in most countries. As this has usually been done without any pain relief, this measure faces strong public criticism. European stakeholders committed themselves to end this practice from 2018, but today, 75% of male piglets are still surgically castrated in the EU. Pain relief during and/or after surgery is increasingly used in some Western European countries to avoid suffering of the animals, but the surgery and risk of infections remain. Alternatives without surgical castration in pork production are raising entire males or immunocastration. Entire males have the advantage of a high growth potential and a good feed conversion rate, but the risk of boar taint and welfare problems due to male behavior limit the acceptance by the pork chain. Immunocastration reduces these problems but also decreases, in part, the anabolic advantage of males. To find country-specific, tailored solutions, there is a need to bundle the research activities along the pork chain and to spread scientific information to increase the acceptance of alternatives by farmers, industry and consumers. 1. Introduction For a very long time, farmers have been castrating their male piglets surgically without any pain relief. The practice is still common in most countries, but it is increasingly facing strong criticism because of the pain associated with the surgery. The suffering incurred by the animal during the surgical process and the following days has been well documented during the last 15 years. In 2010, European stakeholders had already committed themselves to end this practice and to develop pork production systems by 2018 that are independent of surgical