Table 1 The mean percentage of infected neutrophils in 10 E. phagocytophila infected lambs. Eight of the lambs were treated with antibiotics on day 6 after the primary inoculation; 4 lambs (LAT-group) were treated with long-acting oxytetracycline (20 mg/kg), and 4 lambs (T-group) were treated with short-acting oxytetracycline (10 mg/kg) for 5 consecutive days. Two lambs were untreated controls.
Day 0 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LAT-group | 0 | <1 | 3.1 | 67.7 | 54.7 | 12.7 | 1.5 | <1 # |
T-group | 0 | <1 | 11.4 | 65.7 | 58.5 | 13.0 | 1.8 | <1 # |
Controls | 0 | <1 | 4.8 | 55.5 | 49.0 | 51.0 | 46.5 | 33.5 |