Observer agreement on pen level prevalence of clinical signs in finishing pigs

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 147-156

  Petersen, Henrik Hagbard ^a,b   Enøe, Claes ^c   Nielsen, Elisabeth Okholm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Res Ctr Mgmt Anim Prod Hlth   (Denmark)

^c Danske Slagterier   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical observation; Inter observer agreement; Kappa; Pig; Precision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; DENMARK; EVALUATION; MEAT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DENMARK; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MEAT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 4344694239     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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