The effect of antimicrobial treatment on mortality associated with urinary tract disease in mink kits (Neovison vison)

Table 3 Results of post mortem examination, animal body weights and statistical testing from farm A

Farm A	Treatment group 1	Control group	P-value
Dead kits with urinary tract disease^a (n)	8	16
Remaining mink kits^b (n)	1912	1904	0.15^c
Mortal urinary tract disease prevalence	4.2‰	8.3‰
	Mean (± SD)
Start weight females (g)	905 (± 115)	915 (± 107)	0.68^d
Start weight males (g)	1224 (± 127)	1137 (± 143)	0.004^d
Final weight females (g)	1951 (± 221)	2010 (± 260)	0.27^d
Final weight males (g)	3571 (± 353)	3505 (± 371)	0.41^d
Weight gain females (g)	1046 (± 227)	1095 (± 239)	0.34^d
Weight gain males (g)	2349 (± 350)	2364 (± 307)	0.84^d

^aGross pathological finding comparable with cystitis, pyelonephritis and/or urolithiasis
^bIncluded mink kits not diagnosed with urinary tract disease
^cFisher’s exact test
^dWelch two-sample t-test

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