Major Gross Lesions of Lung in Cattle Slaughtered at Hawassa Municipal Abattoir, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Percentage of distribution of gross lung lesions in the breed categories.

Breed
Lesions	Total number of lesions	Local ()	CI; (–%)	Cross ()	CI; (–%)	value
Atelectasis	36 (6.4%)	34 (6.3%)	4.42–8.74	2 (7.7%)	0.95–25.13	.679
Adhesion	8 (1.4%)	7 (1.3%)	0.53–2.67	1 (3.8%)	0.10–19.64	.317
Calcification	13 (2.3%)	11 (2.0%)	1.03–3.64	2 (7.7%)	0.95–25.13	.117
Consolidation	5 (.9%)	4 (.7%)	0.20–1.90	1 (3.8%)	0.10–19.64	.211
Emphysema	108 (19.2%)	105 (19.6%)	16.28–23.16	3 (11.5%)	2.45–30.15	.445
Congestion	102 (18.1%)	98 (18.2%)	15.07–21.78	4 (15.4%)	4.36–34.87	1.000
Hydatid cyst	255 (45.3%)	245 (45.6%)	41.35–49.94	10 (38.5%)	20.23–59.43	.548
Haemorrhage	2 (.4%)	2 (.4%)	0.05–1.34	0 (.0%)	0.00–13.23	1.000
Pneumonia	5 (.9%)	5 (.9%)	0.30–2.16	0 (.0%)	0.00–13.23	1.000
Others	10 (1.8%)	9 (1.7%)	0.77–3.16	1 (3.8%)	0.10–19.64	.379
Total	544 (96.6%)	520 (96.8%)		24 (92.3%)

Lesions such as fibrosis and abscess; CI—confidence interval; —lower limit; —upper limit.