Table 1.
Lesion types observed at post-mortem examination
| Study Site | Kenya (VSRI) | Zambia (CVRI) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Saline | Tulathromycin | Gamithromycin | Oxytetracycline | Sentinels | Saline | Tulathromycin | Gamithromycin | Oxytetracycline | Sentinels |
| Number of Cattle | 15 (14a) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 |
| Number with lesions | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Acute/Subacute % (n) | 36 (5) | 0 | 0 | 25 (1) | 100 (1)b | 33 (4) | 0 | 0 | 33 (1) | 100 (2)b |
| Chronic/Sequestra % (n) | 64 (9) | 60 (3) | 67 (4) | 0 | 0 | 67 (8) | 0 | 0 | 67 (2) | 0 |
| Recovery % (n)c | 0 | 40 (2) | 33 (2) | 75 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 (2) | 0 | 0 |
aTissue samples for one animal were missing, hence n = 14 for lesion scores. b Mingled with Group 1 (saline). c Previous lesions that are no longer active and thought to be unable to cause disease