Table 3.

Description of BRD and non-BRD groups for the six Bovine Respiratory Disease reference diagnosis methods used in the study.

Diagnosis method	Non-BRD	BRD
Visual Diagnosis	Score of 0 for visual signs	Score >0 for visual signs
Temperature Diagnosis	Rectal temperature <40 °C	Rectal temperature ≥40 °C
Lung Auscultation Diagnosis	Lung auscultation score 1	Lung auscultation score ≥2
Clinical Diagnosis	Rectal temperature <40 °C and lung auscultation score 1	Lung auscultation score >1 or rectal temperature ≥40 °C
Visual-Clinical Diagnosis	Visual diagnosis controls regardless of clinical diagnosis	Case for both visual and clinical diagnosis
Lung Lesion Diagnosis	Pleurisy score 1 or lung consolidation >10%	Pleurisy score ≥2 and lung consolidation of >10%, or pleurisy score 3 regardless of lung consolidation percentage