Table 1 Prevalence of C. perfringens in different examined lambs in relation to season.
From: Bacteriological and serological investigation of Clostridium perfringens in lambs
Seasons | Apparent healthy lambs | Diseased lambs | Dead lambs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No of tested lambs | No of positive | % | No of tested lambs | No of positive | % | No of tested lambs | No of positive | % | |
Summer | 9 | 1 | 11.11 | 21 | 12 | 57.14 | 15 | 8 | 53.33 |
Winter | 15 | 5 | 33.33 | 47 | 39 | 82.97 | 29 | 16 | 55.17 |
Spring | 11 | 0 | 0.00 | 21 | 7 | 33.33 | 7 | 2 | 28.57 |
Autumn | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 81.82 | 9 | 3 | 33.33 |
Total | 40 | 7 | 17.50 | 100 | 67 | 67 | 60 | 29 | 48.33 |
|  | Chi2 = 10.45** | Chi2 = 12.49** | Chi2 = 13.70** | ||||||
