Table 6.
Summary of data for calves of paratuberculosis dams in treatment groups 1–4
| Dietzia treatment1 | Mean test-age of2 | Median age3 for positivity | #clinical/total4 | |
| Only positives | All | |||
| None | 27.7 | 28.8 | 20 | 2/6 |
| 2v days | 30.0 | 35.4 | 17.5 | 2/5 |
| 60v days5 | N | 34.8 | NA | 0/4 |
| 2v + 58nv days | 26.3 | 29.7 | 23 | 3/4 |
1
Not treated or treated for 2 or 60 days with viable Dietzia or for 2 days with viable Dietzia followed by 58 days Dietzia in antibiotic-fortified milk replacer.
2
Mean age (months) for only those calves that tested positive or mean age for all calves in the group.
3
Median age at which calves tested seroand/or fecal-positive. (This is not a survival age).
4
Number calves developing clinical disease out of the number monitored over their natural lifetime. Outside one male in group 3, all males were excluded.
5
None of the calves in this group tested sero- or fecal-positive and none developed clinical disease.