Vaccination with recombinant paramyosin against the bovine lungworm Dictyocaulus viviparus considerably reduces worm burden and larvae shedding

Table 2 Worm size measurements

	No. of worms counted	Male worms		No. of worms counted	Female worms
Animal-ID		Mean length [mm]	Mean width [mm]	No. of worms counted	Mean length [mm]	Mean width [mm]
Trial 1
Adjuvant only-control group
110	25	40.32	0.43	25	55.47	0.47
795	25	36.71	0.41	25	47.17	0.43
802	25	29.90	0.30	25	40.56	0.34
805	25	34.02	0.37	25	47.99	0.44
808	25	35.38	0.38	25	46.07	0.41
814	25	35.39	0.35	25	46.46	0.41
Sum/overall mean	150	35.29	0.37	150	47.29	0.42
SD		4.64	0.06		6.59	0.06
rPMY group
806	25	38.21	0.49	25	51.08	0.52
812	1	29.97	0.43	3	40.55	0.48
813	12	29.45	0.39	18	36.65	0.43
822	25	31.72	0.46	24	41.57	0.46
Sum/overall mean	113	33.84*	0.46*	70	43.66*	0.49*
SD		4.93	0.08		7.64	0.08
Trial 2
GST-control group
361	25	31.71	0.33	25	39.89	0.40
129	11	26.03	0.28	25	32.63	0.34
412	25	32.95	0.35	25	49.25	0.45
269	25	34.82	0.36	25	46.04	0.40
553	25	32.74	0.35	25	44.30	0.40
Sum/overall mean	111	32.35	0.34	125	42.42	0.40
SD		3.91	0.05		7.11	0.07
rPMY group
699	24	28.55	0.27	25	38.37	0.28
485	25	33.23	0.30	25	40.56	0.36
034	25	29.66	0.29	25	39.88	0.37
906	0	-	-	0	-	-
887	25	28.32	0.33	25	35.30	0.37
Sum/overall mean	99	29.95*	0.30*	100	38.53*	0.34*
SD		3.11	0.05		4.44	0.06
Dictol vaccine group
214	0	-	-	2	23.22	0.36
688	14	35.93	0.28	25	40.14	0.39
598	1	31.18	0.27	2	36.18	0.39
221	11	24.52	0.30	19	29.96	0.31
825	2	26.13	0.28	20	30.68	0.31
Sum/overall mean	28	30.58	0.29*	48	33.90*	0.34*
SD		6.59	0.03		6.45	0.07

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