Major Gross Lesions of Lung in Cattle Slaughtered at Hawassa Municipal Abattoir, Southern Ethiopia
Table 2
Percentage of gross lung lesions in the different age groups.
Age
Lesions
Total number of lesions
Young ()
CI (–%)
Adult ()
CI (–%)
Old ()
CI (–%)
value
Atelectasis
36 (6.4%)
5 (23.8%)
8.22–47.17
23 (5.7%)
3.62–8.36
8 (5.9%)
2.59–11.34
.129
Adhesion
8 (1.4%)
0
0.00–16.11
5 (1.2%)
0.40–2.84
3 (2.2%)
0.46–6.36
.312
Calcification
13 (2.3%)
0
0.00–16.11
11 (2.7%)
1.36–4.78
2 (1.5%)
0.18–5.25
.715
Consolidation
5 (.9%)
1 (4.8%)
0.12–23.82
4 (1.0%)
0.27–2.50
0
0.00–2.70
.063
Emphysema
108 (19.2%)
5 (23.8%)
8.22–47.17
83 (20.4%)
16.58–24.64
20 (14.8%)
9.29–21.95
.131
Congestion
102 (18.1%)
3 (14.3%)
3.05–36.34
84 (20.6%)
16.81–24.90
15 (11.1%)
6.35–17.66
.052
Hydatid cyst
255 (45.3%)
8 (38.1%)
18.11–61.56
177 (43.5%)
38.61–48.46
70 (51.9%)
43.09–60.53
.071
Haemorrhage
2 (.4%)
0
0.00–16.11
2 (.5%)
0.06–1.76
0
0.00–2.70
-
Pneumonia
5 (.9%)
0
0.00–16.11
3 (.7%)
0.15–2.14
2 (1.5%)
0.18–5.25
.362
Others
10 (1.8%)
0
0.00–16.11
8 (2.0%)
0.85–3.84
2 (1.5%)
0.18–5.25
.987
Total
544 (96.6%)
22 (104.7%)
400 (98.3%)
122 (90.4%)
In some parts of the results, the percentage of the lesions is greater than one hundred, because there was the opportunity for one lung to be registered more than once if it has got multiple lesions; CI—confidence interval; —lower limit; —upper limit.
