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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 26.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2010 Mar 4;28(19):3333–3340. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.02.089

Table 1. Classification of disease severity (Sum of points = CS).

Category Number of points
0 1 2
Hair Good or excellent Regular Bad (alopecia, desquamation, etc)
Weight Normal or obese Skinny Cachexia
Nails Normal Abnormal onychogryphosis
Spleen Normal Enlarged (palpable)
Lymph nodes Not palpable/ Small* Enlarged Very Enlarged**
Oral mucosa Normal Hyperemia or Pale
Oral lesions Absent Present
Conjunctivitis Absent Mild (unilateral, serous or mucous) Severe (bilateral, purulent)
*

non pathologic,

**

Sizes of the lymph nodes are dependent on weight/breed of the dogs; 1∼2 cm lymph node is normal if the dog is large (over 40 kg).