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Table 1 Parameters used to calculate clinical scores in BVDV-infected goats

From: Recombinant E2 protein enhances protective efficacy of inactivated bovine viral diarrhea virus 2 vaccine in a goat model

Clinical parameter

State description

Numerical value

General state

Normal

0

Moves slowly, head down

1

Lying down/staggers

2

Recumbent

3

Appetite

Normal

0

Reduced

1

Absent

2

Rectal temperature

<  39.5 °C

0

39.5 °C -39.9 °C

1

≥ 40.0 °C

2

Nasal discharge

Normal

0

Slight uni−/bilat. Serous

1

Moderate bilat. Serous to purulent

2

Copious bilat. Purulent

3

Feces state

Normal

0

Celiac affection

2

Mucohemorrhagic diarrhea

4

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BMC Veterinary Research

ISSN: 1746-6148

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