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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio). 2018 Apr 24;28(3):192–200. doi: 10.1111/vec.12717
Motor activity Score
 Normal gait, normal spinal reflex 6
 Hemiparesis, tetraparesis, or decerebrate activity 5
 Recumbent, intermittent extensor rigidity 4
 Recumbent, constant extensor rigidity 3
 Recumbent, constant extensor rigidity with opisthotonus 2
 Recumbent, hypotonia of muscles, depressed or absent spinal reflexes 1
Brain Stem
 Normal pupillary light reflexes and oculocephalic reflexes 6
 Slow pupillary light reflexes and normal to reduced oculocephalic reflexes 5
 Bilateral unresponsive miosis with normal to reduced oculocephalic reflexes 4
 Pinpoint pupils with reduced to absent oculocephalic reflexes 3
 Unilateral, unresponsive mydriasis with reduced to absent oculocephalic reflexes 2
 Bilateral, unresponsive mydriasis with reduced to absent oculocephalic reflexes 1
Level of consciousness
 Occasional periods of alertness and responsive to environment 6
 Depression or delirium, capable of responding but response may be inappropriate 5
 Semicomatose, responsive to visual stimuli 4
 Semicomatose, responsive to auditory stimuli 3
 Semicomatose, responsive only to repeated noxious stimuli 2
 Comatose, unresponsive to repeated noxious stimuli 1