Table 1. Assessment rubric for clinical signs developing in anaphylactoid reactions and anaphylaxis in dogs

Clinical signs Score
Normal 0
Nose, head, or ear scratching (for less than 3 min); sneezing, coughing; skin reddening 1
Nose, head, or ear scratching (for greater than 3 min); skin reddening; excess salivation 2
Skin rash, vomiting, diarrhea, mania, gait disturbance, unsteadiness of gait 3
Pawing the ground, rolling, impaired mentation, somnolence, hypodynamia, wheezing 4
Urinary and fecal incontinence, hematemesis, hematochezia, breathlessness 5
Death 6
Each dog received a score corresponding to the severity of its clinical signs. Adapted from Mi et al. [6] with CC-BY. Details of each dog received a score corresponding to the severity of its clinical signs are provided in Table 3.