Table 2.
Scoring system and categories for clinical signs applied to neonatal piglets
| Score | Clinical sign for indicated categorya |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhea (consistency, frequency, straining) (0–3) | CNS signs (0–5) | Vomiting (0–1) | Loss of appetite (0–2) | Vocalization (0–1) | |
| 0 | Normally formed feces | None | None | None | Normal |
| 1 | Loose (unformed), but no straining or blood | Lethargy | Vomiting | Partial | Abnormal |
| 2 | Thick liquid, mild straining and staining of hind limbs with feces | Splayleg, hind-limb weakness, thinner appearance | Complete | ||
| 3 | Watery and/or bloody, severe straining and staining of hind limbs with feces | Shivering, tremors | |||
| 4 | Seizures, convulsions | ||||
| 5 | Grand mal seizures or lateral recumbency or paralysis of legs | ||||
a
Numbers in parentheses are ranges of scores used for scoring criteria.