Table 2.
Macroscopic lesions of drowning observed in study animals stratified by group.
| Group | Wet hair coat | Pulmonary congestion | Pulmonary edema | Pulmonary hemorrhages | Pulmonary emphysema | Right ventricular distension | Foreign material in stomach | Traumatic lesions | Cause of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA.1* | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | – | Drowning |
| GA.2 | X | X | X | X | – | X | – | – | Drowning |
| GA.3 | X | X | X | X | X | – | – | X | Drowning |
| GA.4 | X | X | X | – | – | X | – | – | Drowning |
| GA.5 | X | X | X | – | X | – | – | – | Drowning |
| GA.6 | X | X | X | – | X | X | X | – | Drowning |
| GB.1 | – | X | X | – | – | – | – | X | Blunt trauma |
| GB.2 | – | X | X | – | – | – | – | – | Euthanasia |
| GB.3 | – | X | X | – | X | X | – | – | Dilatative cardiomyopathy |
| GB.4 | X | X | X | X | X | – | – | X | Blunt trauma |
| GB.5 | X | X | X | X | – | – | – | X | Blunt trauma |
| GB.6 | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | Blunt trauma |
| GC.1 | X | X | X | – | – | – | – | – | Euthanasia |
| GC.2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | Blunt trauma |
| GC.3 | X | X | X | – | – | X | – | – | Dilatative cardiomyopathy |
| GC.4 | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | – | Kidney failure |
| GC.5 | X | X | – | – | – | – | – | X | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| GC.6 | X | X | X | – | – | X | – | – | Hypovolemic shock |
| GD.1 | X | X | X | – | – | X | – | – | Euthanasia |
| GD.2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | – | Dilatative cardiomyopathy |
| GD.3 | X | X | X | – | X | X | – | – | Splenic cancer |
| GD.4 | X | X | X | – | – | X | – | – | Euthanasia |
| GD.5 | X | X | X | X | X | – | – | – | Septic shock |
| GD.6 | X | X | X | – | – | X | – | – | Euthanasia |
| GE.1 | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | – | Euthanasia |
| GE.2 | X | X | X | – | X | X | – | – | Euthanasia |
| GE.3 | X | X | X | – | X | X | – | – | Euthanasia |
| GE.4 | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | – | Septic shock |
| GE.5 | X | X | X | – | X | X | – | – | Euthanasia |
| GE.6 | X | – | – | – | – | – | – | X | Traumatic brain injury |
*
Group A (GA), Group B (GB), Group C (GC), Group D (GD), Group E (GE).