Acute Phase Proteins in Response to Dictyocaulus viviparusInfection in Calves

Table 1 The experimental design and results of larval count at slaughter and serological confirmation

Experiment	Number of calves	Average age of calves (weeks)	Dose of L3 × days	Mean (SD) number of adults at slaughter	Mean (SD) % seropositivity^b
I	11	21	250 × 2	47 (46)	120.3 (49.3)
II	5	14	100 × 5	-^a	61.0 (23.5)
III	6	27	2000	350 (150)	4.2 (3.2)

^a The animals were not slaughtered.
^b Analyses were made day 35, 37 and 28 p.i. for experiment I, II and III, respectively.

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