Table II. Cattle used in clinical studies.

Cattle	#1	#2	#3 (Clinical Study of the COX-2 Inhibitor)	#4	#5	#6	#3 (Clinical Study of the Combined Treatment)
Age	43 mo old	96 mo old	47 mo old	19 mo old	13 mo old	76 mo old	52 mo old
Breed	Holstein	Holstein	Holstein	Holstein	Holstein	Holstein	Holstein
Sex	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female
Body weight	749 kg	736 kg	759 kg	433 kg	295 kg	799 kg	799 kg
Inoculation dose (Boch4G12)				Saline 50 ml, i.v.	1 mg/kg, i.v.	1 mg/kg, i.v.	1 mg/kg, i.v.
Administration dosage (Metacam)	0.5 mg/kg, once a week, total of nine times, s.c.	0.5 mg/kg, once a week, total of nine times, s.c.	0.5 mg/kg, once a week, total of five times, s.c.				0.5 mg/kg, once a week, total of three times, s.c.