Table 1.

Epidemiological data, bacterial culture results, concurrent diseases, duration of treatment, and outcome of the 15 calves

			Aural discharge culture		Concurrent diseases
Case	Agea	Date of hospitalization	Routine	Mycoplasma	Bronchopneumonia	Others	Duration of treatmentb	Outcome
1	8	December 1987	NP	NP	yes	diarrhea	7	NA
2	18	April 1991	negative	NP	no	none	15	NA
3	14	February 1995	negative	NP	yes	umbilical hernia	17	complete recovery
4	10	February 1995	NP	NP	yes	septic arthritis	17	NA
5	12	November 1996	NP	NP	yes	none	24	NA
6	2	March 1997	negative	M. bovis	no	none	20	NA
7	6	August 1997	negative	M. bovis	yes	diarrhea	19	complete recovery
8	2	December 2001	NP	NP	yes	none	34	complete recovery
9	2	January 2002	NP	NP	yes	none	22	recovery with persistant neurological signs
10	6	May 2002	P. multocida	M. bovis	yes	septic arthritis	0	necropsy
11	4	September 2002	negative	M. bovis	yes	none	19	relapse, persistant neurological signs, abnormal growth
12	3	October 2002	negative	M. bovis	yes	umbilical abscess	17	persistant neurological signs, abnormal growth
13	3	October 2002	NP	NP	no	none	18	euthanasia after 4 weeks of treatment
14	3	November 2002	negative	Mycoplasma spp	no	septic arthritis	0	necropsy
15	4	November 2002	NP	NP	yes	none	26	complete recovery

NA — not available; NP — not done

^aWeeks

^bDays