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. 2019 Dec 16;15:452. doi: 10.1186/s12917-019-2164-6

Table 3.

Scoring of recorded clinical signs

Clinical signs Score
General behavior
 Normal (0)
 Inactif (1)
 Low head (2)
 Very inactif (3)
 Laying down (4)
Food uptake
 Normal (0)
 Loss of appetite (2)
 Anorexia (3)
 Absence (4)
Faeces
 Normal (0)
 Soft to liquid (1)
 Liquid diarrhea (3)
 Hemorrhagic diarrhea (4)
Nasal secretions
 Normal (0)
 Liquid (1)
 Serous (3)
 Muco-purulent (4)
Hyperthermia
 Normal (0)
 40 < t°C < 40.5 (2)
 40.5 < t°C < 41 (3)
t°C > 41 (4)
Cough
 Normal (0)
 Moderate (2)
 Frequent and dry (3)
 Frequent and productive (4)
Salivation
 Normal (0)
 Moderate (2)
 Profuse (3)
Respiration
 Normal (0)
 Moderate (2)
 Marked (3)
 Marked with difficulty (4)

Clinical signs recorded of all animals: general behaviour, food uptake, faeces, nasal secretions, hyperthermia, salivation, cough, and respiration