|
Clinical parameter
|
Parameter coefficient
|
State description
|
Numerical value
|
|---|
|
General state
|
4
|
Normal
|
0
|
|
Moves slowly, head down
|
1
|
|
Lying down/staggers
|
2
|
|
Recumbent
|
3
|
|
Appetite
|
4
|
Normal
|
0
|
|
Reduced
|
1
|
|
Absent
|
2
|
|
Abdominal dyspnea
|
3
|
Normal
|
0
|
|
Slight (short, rapid)
|
1
|
|
Moderate (labored)
|
2
|
|
Severe (very labored, grunting)
|
3
|
|
Rectal temperature
|
2
|
<39.6°C
|
0
|
|
<40.0°C
|
1
|
|
<40.5°C
|
2
|
|
<41.0°C
|
3
|
|
≥41.0°C
|
4
|
|
Respiratory rate
|
2
|
<50/min
|
0
|
|
<55/min
|
1
|
|
<65/min
|
2
|
|
<75/min
|
3
|
|
≥75/min
|
4
|
|
Intensity of lung sounds
|
1
|
Normal
|
0
|
|
Slightly enhanced
|
1
|
|
Moderately enhanced
|
2
|
|
Severely enhanced
|
3
|
|
Added respiratory sounds (wheezing or crackles)
|
1
|
Normal
|
0
|
|
Slight
|
1
|
|
Moderate
|
2
|
|
Severe
|
3
|
|
Coughing
|
1
|
Absent
|
0
|
|
Only provoked
|
1
|
|
Spontaneous, infrequent
|
2
|
|
Persistent
|
3
|
|
Nasal discharge
|
1
|
Normal
|
0
|
|
Slight uni-/bilat. serous
|
1
|
|
Moderate bilat. serous to purulent
|
2
|
|
Copious bilat. purulent
|
3
|
- During clinical examination, each clinical parameter was assigned a numerical value according to the appropriate state description for that parameter. A clinical score sum was then calculated, by multiplying each numerical value with the parameter coefficient.
