Inter-Rater Reliability of Scoring Systems for Abomasal Lesions in Quebec Veal Calves.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to determine the inter-rater reliability of current scoring systems used to detect abomasal lesions in veal calves. In addition, macroscopic lesions were compared with corresponding histological lesions. For this, 76 abomasa were retrieved from veal calves in a slaughterhouse in Quebec and scored by four independent raters using current scoring systems. The localisations of the lesions were separated into pyloric, fundic, or torus pyloricus areas. Lesions were classified into three different types, i.e., erosions, ulcers, and scars. To estimate the inter-rater reliability, the coefficient type 1 of Gwet's agreement and Fleiss κ were used for the presence or absence of a lesion, and the intra-class correlation coefficient was used for the number of les

SUBMITTER: Van Driessche L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10215123 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature