Evaluation of the foal survival score in a Danish-Swedish population of neonatal foals upon hospital admission.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is highly desirable to assess the probability of survival in sick neonatal foals upon admission. The foal survival score (FSS) is a published scoring system used to estimate the probability of survival in hospitalized neonatal foals <4 days old.

Hypothesis/objectives

To evaluate the ability of the FSS to predict survival in older foals from a geographically different area compared to the original study.

Animals

Five-hundred ninety hospitalized neonatal foals ≤14 days of age.

Methods

Retrospective Danish-Swedish multicenter study that included details of signalment, history, clinical examination, laboratory results, necropsy findings, and outcome. Scores and score variables were compared between survivors and nonsurvivors using logistic regression.

SUBMITTER: Bohlin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6524090 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature