Table III.

Description of animal mortality over the course of the trial^a

Tag #	Enrollment	LAE	ST-ANY	ST-BRD	Wastage	Mortality	Postmortem findings
2006
G8026	Post-arrival control	Absent	No	No	No	Died	congestive heart failure
2007
W6624	Arrival fever case	Absent	Yes	No	No	Died	pneumonia and arthritis
W6174	Arrival fever case	Absent	No	No	No	Died	no visible lesions
W6625	Arrival control	Absent	Yes	Yes	No	Sacb	no visible lesions
R4794	Post-arrival fever case	Absent	Yes	Yes	No	Died	myocarditis
O6790	Post-arrival fever case	Absent	Yes	No	Yes	Died	chronic fibrotic pleuritis
W5838	Post-arrival fever case	Present	Yes	No	No	Died	chronic fibrotic pleuritis
W5309	Post-arrival control	Absent	No	No	No	Sacb	no visible lesions
W6695	Post-arrival control	Absent	No	No	No	Sacb	no visible lesions

^aSee Appendix 2 for definitions of variables.

^bSac: For every 2 case deaths, 2 control animal was sacrificed to compare gross postmortem examination findings between the case and non-case animals.

LAE — lesion at enrollment; ST-ANY — subsequent treatment for any disease (including bovine respiratory disease, BRD); ST-BRD — subsequent treatment for BRD.