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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Prevalence and WGS-based characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus in the nasal mucosa and pastern of horses with equine pastern dermatitis

 

EPD-affected horses

Control horses

Total number

105

95

Age (year)

11.7 (± 5.6)

13.6 (± 5.9)

Sex

  

stallion

17

4

gelding

45

51

mare

43

40

EPD form

  

mild

46

0

exudative

32

0

proliferative

27

0

no signs of EPD

0

95

EPD score of sampled pasterns

10.2 (± 2.8)

0 (± 0)

Pretreatment of sampled pasterns

  

none

31

95

disinfectant

46

0

antimicrobial

28

0

  1. For the pastern sample, all pasterns of each horse were examined for signs of equine pastern dermatitis (EPD) and were assigned to one of three EPD forms [1], as well as an EPD score that ranged between 0 (not affected) to 21 (severely affected)