Comparing video examinations with physical clinical examinations using finishing pigs with umbilical outpouchings as a model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Veterinary telemedicine has only been adopted to some degree. One aspect that needs to be evaluated is clinical examinations using video. The objective of this study was to evaluate agreement between a traditional physical clinical examination and a clinical examination using recorded video using finishing pigs with umbilical outpouchings (umbilical hernias, cysts, and abscesses) as the study unit. A total of 102 finisher pigs with umbilical outpouchings were clinically examined and recorded on video. Four experienced pig veterinarians were allowed to examine each pig for approximately 10 min and were individually asked to fill out a predesigned clinical record. Approximately 1 month after the physical examinations, the veterinarians individually reexamined all 102 pigs

SUBMITTER: Birch JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10290328 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature