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Table 1 Distribution of TB cases by experimental groups, sex and lesion location

From: Field evaluation of the efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine against tuberculosis in goats

 

No. of goats with TB lesions (%)a

Group

Sex

Only pulmonary lesionsb

Only extra-pulmonary lesionsc

Both pulmonary and extra-pulmonary lesions

Total

BCG

Male (N = 8)

1 (13)

0 (0)

2 (25)

3 (38)

(N = 23)

Female (N = 15)

3 (20)

2 (13)

0 (0)

5 (33)

 

Total

4 (17)

2 (9)

2 (9)

8 (35)

Control

Male (N = 8)

0 (0)

5 (63)**

1 (13)

6 (75)

(N = 22)

Female (N = 14)

2 (14)

8 (57)*

1 (7)

11 (79)

 

Total

2 (9)

13 (59)***

2 (9)

17 (77)**

  1. aTB lesions were determined by histopathology
  2. bLungs and mediastinal and tracheobronchial lymph nodes
  3. cIleum and mesenteric and retropharyngeal lymph nodes
  4. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001; Chi-square test