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Table 4 Cotton swab method diagnosis of pigs with or without diarrhea

From: The cotton swab method: an accurate and less invasive way to assess fecal consistency in weaned pigs

 

CS pos

CS neg

Total

Diarrhea

85

15

100

Not diarrhea

14

276

290

Total

99

291

390

  1. CS pos.: Cotton swab positive, i.e., diagnosed as diarrheic
  2. CS neg.: Cotton swab negative, i.e., diagnosed as non-diarrheic
  3. The true diarrhea status was based on fecal dry-matter analysis (golden standard), using 16.6% dry-matter as the cut-off
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BMC Veterinary Research

ISSN: 1746-6148

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