Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10978011 | Journal of Dairy Science | 2013 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess inter- and intraoperator agreement when assessing lung consolidation secondary to bovine respiratory disease (BRD) by thoracic ultrasonography. Ten calves were blindly assessed by 3 operators with varying expertise in thoracic ultrasound to look for lung consolidation and the presence of comet-tail artifacts (COMT). Systematic ultrasonography of the thorax was performed using an 18-site per side assessment with a linear 8.5-MHz probe. The status of the calves [healthy (n = 4) vs. treated for BRD (n = 6)] was not known by the operators. The interoperator kappa agreement for detecting consolidation was moderate to almost perfect (from 0.6 to 1.0) depending on the operator's experience (diagnosis of consolidation if depth â¥1 cm). The intraclass correlation coefficient for consistency was 0.71 for a single measurement and 0.88 for average measurement. The intraclass correlation coefficient for agreement was 0.73 for single measurements and 0.89 for average measurements. These values were considered good for single measurements and excellent for average measurements. Systematic ultrasonography of the thorax can be used routinely to assess lung consolidation in dairy calves and can therefore be of importance, especially for assessment of subclinical BRD.
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Authors
S. Buczinski, G. Forté, A.M. Bélanger,