Table 1.
Characteristic | Value |
---|---|
Age (months) | |
Cattle: median (range) | 36 (1–120) |
Goats: median (range) | 24 (3–96) |
Sheep: median (range) | 9 (9–48) |
Females, no. (%) | |
Cattle | 71 (74) |
Goats | 24 (59) |
Sheep | 1 (33) |
Clinical presentation, no. (%) | |
Fever | 103 (74) |
Fallen down | 91 (65) |
Sudden death | 71 (51) |
Anorexia | 70 (50) |
Convulsion | 67 (48) |
Depression | 49 (35) |
Respiratory distress | 24 (17) |
Listlessness | 14 (10) |
Diarrhea | 13 (9) |
Muscle tremor | 6 (4) |
Decease in milk production | 6 (4) |
Edema | 3 (2) |
Abortion | 3 (2) |
Outcome, no. (%) | |
Death from illness | 98 (70) |
Slaughtered | 35 (25) |
Sick at the time of interview | 5 (4) |
Sold during illness | 1 (1) |
Recovered | 1 (1) |
Median (range) onset of illness to death | 5 hours (5 minutes–8.5 days) |
Median (range) onset of illness to slaughter | 7 hours (15 minutes–6.2 days) |