Animal-related factors predicting fatal cases of blackleg and gas gangrene in cattle
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Animal-related factors predicting fatal cases of blackleg and gas gangrene in cattle. / Richter, Veronika; Roch, Franz Ferdinand; Knauss, Marlena; Hiesel, Jörg; Wolf, Robert; Wagner, Peter; Käsbohrer, Annemarie; Conrady, Beate.
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T1 - Animal-related factors predicting fatal cases of blackleg and gas gangrene in cattle
AU - Richter, Veronika
AU - Roch, Franz Ferdinand
AU - Knauss, Marlena
AU - Hiesel, Jörg
AU - Wolf, Robert
AU - Wagner, Peter
AU - Käsbohrer, Annemarie
AU - Conrady, Beate
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Background: Blackleg and malignant edema are acute clostridialinfections primarily affecting cattle. The objectives of this study were toidentify i) animal-related factors influencing the occurrence and ii)prognostic pathological findings supporting the differentiation of fatalblackleg and malignant edema cases in the cattle population from 1998to 2018 in Styria, Austria.Methods: Two binomial logistic models were applied to analyse theresearch questions. Additionally, cross-validations were performed toestimate the accuracy of the predictive models.Results: Model results show that animal-related factors (i.e. age,geographical discovery location of dead cattle, vaccination status)significantly influence the occurrence of blackleg when compared tomalignant edema. Pathological findings are similar for both diseases.Conclusions: Model results reveal that using animal-related factors has abetter accuracy to predict the fatal cases caused by both pathogens.Thus, the authors recommend not to rely on pathological findings aspredictive factors in the differentiation between blackleg and malignantedema in cattle.
AB - Background: Blackleg and malignant edema are acute clostridialinfections primarily affecting cattle. The objectives of this study were toidentify i) animal-related factors influencing the occurrence and ii)prognostic pathological findings supporting the differentiation of fatalblackleg and malignant edema cases in the cattle population from 1998to 2018 in Styria, Austria.Methods: Two binomial logistic models were applied to analyse theresearch questions. Additionally, cross-validations were performed toestimate the accuracy of the predictive models.Results: Model results show that animal-related factors (i.e. age,geographical discovery location of dead cattle, vaccination status)significantly influence the occurrence of blackleg when compared tomalignant edema. Pathological findings are similar for both diseases.Conclusions: Model results reveal that using animal-related factors has abetter accuracy to predict the fatal cases caused by both pathogens.Thus, the authors recommend not to rely on pathological findings aspredictive factors in the differentiation between blackleg and malignantedema in cattle.
U2 - 10.1002/vetr.558
DO - 10.1002/vetr.558
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34109648
VL - 189
SP - e558
JO - Veterinary Record
JF - Veterinary Record
SN - 0042-4900
IS - 10
ER -
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