How PawAide Evaluates Evidence
Every PawAide Evidence Answer™ is produced with the same documented process: gather relevant sources, audit their independence, measure agreement, state uncertainty, and publish the boundaries of what the evidence supports.
The Ten Steps
1. Question framing
The question is restated as a specific, answerable claim so the evidence review has a defined scope.
2. Source gathering
Relevant veterinary, scientific, regulatory and clinical sources are collected for that claim.
3. Relevance screening
Sources that do not speak to the claim, the species or the circumstance are excluded and counted as excluded.
4. Independence audit
Sources are grouped by underlying publisher. Sites repeating another source are counted as derivative, not as independent confirmation.
5. Agreement assessment
Independent sources are compared. Agreement is labelled Strong, Moderate or Limited, and material disagreement is recorded.
6. Uncertainty mapping
What varies by animal, product or circumstance is written out explicitly rather than smoothed over.
7. Boundary statement
What the evidence does not establish, and what the page does not claim, is stated on the page.
8. Citation check
Every claim is checked against the cited source. Fabricated sources and fabricated veterinary endorsement are treated as publication blockers.
9. Safety review
Answers involving toxicity, medication, emergencies or dosing route the reader to a licensed veterinarian.
10. Recency check
Each answer carries a last-evidence-check date and is re-reviewed when its sources change.
What the Labels Mean
PawAide Consensus™ measures agreement among the sources evaluated. It is not a vote by veterinarians and does not mean a veterinarian reviewed, approved or endorsed an individual answer.
Corrections & Contact
If you believe a claim, citation or label on a PawAide Evidence Answer™ is wrong, tell us and we will re-check the evidence and update the page's last-evidence-check date.
Report an evidence issue →Scope & Limits
PawAide provides general educational information and evidence synthesis. It is not a veterinary practice and does not provide diagnosis, prescriptions, treatment or veterinary care. AI-generated information may contain errors and may not apply to an individual pet.