Table 4.
Distribution of 325 of the 471 ewes with unilateral clinical mastitis by causal organism and the systemic signsa.
| Pathogen | 1 No. (%) |
2 No. (%) |
3 No. (%) |
4 No. (%) |
Total |
| All | 51 (15.7) | 115 (35.4) | 119 (36.6) | 40 (12.3) | 325 |
| S. aureus | 30 (13.5) | 77 (34.5) | 89 (39.9) | 27 (12.1) | 223 |
| Enterobacteria | 2 (7.7) | 9 (34.6) | 11 (42.3) | 4 (15.4) | 26 |
| No growth | 11 (34.4) | 12 (37.5) | 4 (12.5) | 5 (15.6) | 32 |
a 1 = no systemic signs, 2 = weak systemic signs, 3 = moderate systemic signs, 4 = severe systemic signs.