Evaluating observer agreement of scoring systems for foot integrity and footrot lesions in sheep

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A scoring scale with five ordinal categories is used for visual diagnosis of footrot in sheep and to study its epidemiology and control. More recently a 4 point ordinal scale has been used by researchers to score foot integrity (wall...

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Main Authors: Foddai Alessandro, Green Laura E, Mason Sam A, Kaler Jasmeet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/8/65