Intra- and inter-observer agreement when using a descriptive classification scale for clinical assessment of faecal consistency in growing pigs

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 288-291

  Pedersen, Ken Steen ^a   Toft, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Faecal consistency; Inter observer agreement; Intra observer agreement; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 78951474154     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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