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.

In: Veterinary Record, Vol. 189, No. 10, 2021, p. e558.

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Richter, V, Roch, FF, Knauss, M, Hiesel, J, Wolf, R, Wagner, P, Käsbohrer, A & Conrady, B 2021, 'Animal-related factors predicting fatal cases of blackleg and gas gangrene in cattle', Veterinary Record, vol. 189, no. 10, pp. e558. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.558

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Richter, V., Roch, F. F., Knauss, M., Hiesel, J., Wolf, R., Wagner, P., Käsbohrer, A., & Conrady, B. (2021). Animal-related factors predicting fatal cases of blackleg and gas gangrene in cattle. Veterinary Record, 189(10), e558. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.558

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Richter V, Roch FF, Knauss M, Hiesel J, Wolf R, Wagner P et al. Animal-related factors predicting fatal cases of blackleg and gas gangrene in cattle. Veterinary Record. 2021;189(10):e558. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.558

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Richter, Veronika ; Roch, Franz Ferdinand ; Knauss, Marlena ; Hiesel, Jörg ; Wolf, Robert ; Wagner, Peter ; Käsbohrer, Annemarie ; Conrady, Beate. / Animal-related factors predicting fatal cases of blackleg and gas gangrene in cattle. In: Veterinary Record. 2021 ; Vol. 189, No. 10. pp. e558.

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title = "Animal-related factors predicting fatal cases of blackleg and gas gangrene in cattle",
abstract = "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.",
author = "Veronika Richter and Roch, {Franz Ferdinand} and Marlena Knauss and J{\"o}rg Hiesel and Robert Wolf and Peter Wagner and Annemarie K{\"a}sbohrer and Beate Conrady",
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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

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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.

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