Agreement between Repeated Subjective Visual Evaluations of Body Condition of St. Lawrence Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) Carcasses Using a Visual Analog Scale

Sylvain Larrat; Ariane Santamaria-Bouvier; Stéphane Lair

doi:10.7589/2018-04-105

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Sylvain Larrat,^1,* Ariane Santamaria-Bouvier,^1,** Stéphane Lair^1,***

¹1Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative/Centre québécois sur la santé des animaux sauvages Faculté de

^*Current address: Clinique Vétérinaire Benjamin Franklin, Rue du Danemark–ZA Porte Océane 2, 56400 Brech, France
^**Current address: Winnipeg Humane Society, 45 Hurst Way, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 0R3, Canada
^***Corresponding author (email: stephane.lair@umontreal.ca)

Abstract

The determination of body condition is a fundamental component of an evaluation during postmortem examinations of cetaceans. Three veterinarians experienced in beluga postmortem techniques subjectively evaluated 62 carcasses of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in duplicate, using a visual analog scale. The result of evaluation and scoring was repeatable in cachectic animals and animals in very good condition but did not capture the continuum of body condition determinations between the obvious visual conditions.

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Sylvain Larrat, Ariane Santamaria-Bouvier, and Stéphane Lair "Agreement between Repeated Subjective Visual Evaluations of Body Condition of St. Lawrence Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) Carcasses Using a Visual Analog Scale," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 55(2), 518-521, (9 April 2019). https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-04-105

Received: 21 April 2018; Accepted: 21 August 2018; Published: 9 April 2019

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