Scoring shoulder ulcers in breeding sows - is a distinction between substantial and insubstantial animal welfare-related lesions possible on clinical examination?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shoulder ulcers in breeding sows that are restricted to the superficial skin layers, epidermis and dermis are usually classified as insubstantial animal welfare-related lesions. These less-severe lesions need to be differentiated from more-severe wounds that also involve the subcutis and the underlying bone, commonly evaluated as substantial animal welfare-related lesions. Scoring schemes based on clinical or histopathological findings are available, but the consistency between both types of findings has not been definitively evaluated. The present study was designed to compare clinical findings for various stages of shoulder ulcers with accompanying histopathological evaluation. A validated histopathologic score (Score-H) classifying the tissues involved in the differen

SUBMITTER: Meyer D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6341639 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature