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

Table 3

Percentage of gross lung lesions in the different body condition score.

Body condition score
Lesions	Total number of lesions	Poor ()	CI; (–)	Medium; ()	CI; (–)	Good; ()	CI; (–)	value
Atelectasis	36 (6.4%)	3 (11.5%)	2.45–30.15	27 (7.4%)	0.96–4.31	6 (3.4%)	1.28–7.35	.038
Adhesion	8 (1.4%)	0	0.00–13.23	6 (1.7%)	0.17–2.40	2 (1.1%)	0.14–4.09	.945
Calcification	13 (2.3%)	1 (3.8%)	0.10–19.64	8 (2.2%)	16.66–25.26	4 (2.3%)	0.63–5.78	.827
Consolidation	5 (.9%)	0	0.00–13.23	3 (.8%)	16.41–24.97	2 (1.1%)	0.14–4.09	.565
Emphysema	108 (19.2%)	4 (15.4%)	4.36–34.87	75 (20.7%)	39.01–49.48	29 (16.7%)	11.46–23.05	.498
Congestion	102 (18.1%)	3 (11.5%)	2.45–30.15	74 (20.4%)	0.01–1.53	25 (14.4%)	9.52–20.48	.325
Hydatid cyst	255(45.3%)	11 (42.3%)	23.35–63.08	160 (44.1%)	0.07–1.98	84 (48.3%)	40.65–55.96	.345
Haemorrhage	2 (.4%)	0	0.00–13.23	1 (.3%)	0.61–3.57	1 (.6%)	0.01–3.16	.530
Pneumonia	5 (.9%)	1 (3.8%)	0.10–19.64	2 (.6%)	0.00–0.00	2 (1.1%)	0.14–4.09	.792
Others	10 (1.8%)	0	0.00–13.23	6 (1.7%)	0.00–0.00	4 (2.3%)	0.63–5.78	.414
Total	544(96.6%)	23 (88.4%)		362 (99.7%)		159 (91.3%)

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