Modified Sepsis Score (Adapted from Brewer et al. 1988)[3; 4]
Historical
data
Clinical
examination
Laboratory
information
4
Placentitis,
vulval
discharge
prior
to
delivery,
dystocia,
long
transport of
mare, sick
mare, foal
induced
Gestation
(days)
Petechiation
or
scleral
injection
(not
secondary
to
eye
disease or
trauma)
Fever (°C)
Hypotonia,
coma,
depression,
convulsions
Anterior
uveitis,
diarrhoea,
dyspnoea,
swollen
joints, open
wounds
Neutrophil
count
(x109/L)
Band
neutrophil
count
(x109/L)
Signs
of
neutrophil
Marked
toxicity
Fibrinogen
(g/L)
Glucose
(mmol/L)
IgG (g/L)
<2
3
2
1
Yes
0
No
< 300
300-310
311330
>330
Marked
Moderate
Mild
None
>38.9
<37.8
Normal
Marked
Mild
Normal
Yes
No
<2
2-4
>12
>0.2
0.05-0.2
<0.05
Moderate
Slight
None
2-4
or
8-12
Normal
>6
4.1-6
<4
<2.7
2.7-4.4
>4.4
4.1-8
>8
Treatment
15-‐18
February
2016
East
London
Convention
Centre,
East
London,
South
Africa
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