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. 2012 Jan;76(1):23–32.

Table I.

Animal numbers by outcomes of interesta

Enrollment Animal health outcomeb Production outcomesc



Group N ST-ANYd ST-BRDe Chronicity Wastage PMf ADG-USg ADG-Finalh
Arrival
 Arrival fever cases 30 3/30 2/30 0/30 0/30 2/30 28/30 28/30
 Arrival controls 15 5/15 5/15 2/15 2/15 0/15 14/15 14/15
Post-arrival
 Post-arrival fever cases 48 5/48 3/48 2/48 1/48 3/48 45/48 43/48
 Post-arrival no fever cases 38 5/38 2/38 2/38 2/38 0/38 38/38 37/38
 Post-arrival controls 43 4/43 1/43 2/43 2/43 1/43 40/43 38/43
a

See Appendix 2 for definitions.

b

Animal health outcomes: number of animals with the animal health outcome divided by the number of animals enrolled.

c

Production outcomes: number of animals with available data divided by the number of animals enrolled.

d

ST-ANY is subsequent treatment for any disease (including bovine respiratory disease, BRD).

e

ST-BRD is subsequent treatment for BRD.

f

PM is mortality from any cause.

g

ADG-US is average daily gain (lb/animal/day) from enrollment to last ultrasound (average 34 d).

h

ADG-Final is average daily gain (lb/animal/day) from enrollment to final rehandling (average 128 d).