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Table 3 Scoring of recorded clinical signs

From: Peste des petits ruminants pathogenesis on experimental infected goats by the Moroccan 2015 isolate

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)

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