Table 1.
Liver scores stratified by vaccination and diet groups, in a study examining the effect of vaccination against Fusobacterium necrophorum infection on the prevalence, at slaughter, of A and A+ liver scores, while adjusting for diet during the feeding period
| Liver scores
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| Diet | Treatment | 0 or A− | A or A+ | Total animals | Prevalence (%) (of A or A+) |
| LFG | Vaccinated | 84 | 27 | 111 | 24.3 |
| Not vaccinated | 75 | 32 | 107 | 30.0 | |
| ALF | Vaccinated | 105 | 3 | 108 | 2.8 |
| Not vaccinated | 95 | 10 | 105 | 9.5 | |
| Totals | 359 | 72 | 431 | 16.7 | |
LFG — Limit fed grain (limit-fed a grain based growing diet consisting of 8.5% barley silage, 92.5% barley based concentrate/supplement); ALF — Ad libitum forage (ad libitum access to a forage-based growing diet consisting of 23.6% barley silage, 27% grass hay, and 49.25% barley based concentrate/supplement on a dry matter (DM) basis)