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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-05-01
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Series: | BMC Veterinary Research |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/8/65 |