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Table 1 Lesion types observed at post-mortem examination

From: Evaluation of new generation macrolides for the treatment and metaphylaxis of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in cattle experimentally infected with Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides

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

  1. 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 c Previous lesions that are no longer active and thought to be unable to cause disease