Randomised controlled field study to evaluate the efficacy and clinical safety of a single 8 mg/kg injectable dose of marbofloxacin compared with one or two doses of 7.5 mg/kg injectable enrofloxacin for the treatment of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infections in growing-fattening pigs in Europe

Table 2 Distribution of animals by farm and treatment group, and homogeneity of clinical scores and rectal temperatures before treatment on day 0 (per protocol population)

Farm site: Country identification G Germany, H Hungary. A and B indicate different farms within country
Numbers of animals and percentages refer to the per protocol populations. Animals euthanised prior to study for diagnostic purposes are excluded from these populations
^aFor respiration and depression scores, p values are from Mantel-Haenszel mean score for each site separately and on Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel mean score statistic for combined
^bRefer to Clinical examinations for details of scoring. [n] number of animals. nc Not calculated
Rectal temperatures shown as mean (standard error). For rectal temperatures, p values are based on Wilcoxon rank sum statistic for each site separately and on the extended Mantel-Haenszel statistic for combined

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