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Table 1 Summarized matrix scoring (range in brackets) of major clinical signs of cattle diseases with Kendal's coefficient of concordance ( W ) for the median scores

From: Impacts of foot-and-mouth disease on livelihoods in the Borena Plateau of Ethiopia

Indicators/clinical signs

W P values

Foot-and-mouth disease

Heat-intolerance syndrome

Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

Pasteurellosis

Tick infestation

Blackleg

Mortality

0.865*

1 (0,2)

0 (0,1)

7 (6,9)

6 (6,9)

1 (0,4)

9 (3,10)

Milk reduction

0.783*

7 (5,10)

6 (4,8)

4 (0,5)

4 (3,5)

2 (0,3)

4 (1,4)

Lameness/footsore

0.769*

16 (10,20)

0 (0,6)

1 (0,3)

0 (0,0)

3 (0,10)

5 (3,9)

Nasal discharge

0.904*

0 (0,2)

0 (0,0)

6 (3,14)

18 (14,20)

0 (0,4)

0 (0,0)

Abortion

0.768*

12 (5,20)

6 (2,10)

2 (0,6)

1 (0,5)

2 (0,5)

1 (0,2)

Seeking shade

0.809*

2 (0,5)

19 (10,20)

2 (0,5)

2 (0,5)

0 (0,0)

0 (0,0)

Hair overgrowth

0.821*

0 (0,5)

25 (20,25)

0 (0,2)

0 (0,0)

0 (0,0)

0 (0,0)

Sudden death

0.943*

0 (0,1)

0 (0,0)

4 (3,7)

5 (3,8)

1 (0,2)

15 (8,16)

Salivation

0.783*

18 (12,25)

0 (0,3)

2 (0,4)

4 (0,9)

0 (0,5)

0 (0,2)

Mouth lesion

0.883*

20 (6,25)

0 (0,8)

0 (0,0)

0 (0,0)

0 (0,0)

0 (0,0)

Kissing sound

0.788*

23 (18,25)

0 (0,2)

0 (0,5)

0 (0,6)

0 (0,0)

0 (0,0)

Panting

0.806*

5 (2,6)

13 (12,20)

5 (2,8)

1 (0,3)

0 (0,2)

0 (0,4)

Morbidity

0.699*

10 (2,15)

1 (0,2)

5 (2,8)

5 (2,7)

2 (2,5)

2 (1,8)

Contagiousity

0.841*

12 (10,14)

1 (0,4)

5 (3,10)

4 (3,5)

2 (1,3)

2 (0,3)

Emaciation

0.581*

10 (4,10)

5 (0,8)

5 (0,7)

3 (0,5)

6 (2,7)

0 (0,2)