Table A2.

Differences observed in parameters (n = 7) between sheep flocks and goat herds in the results obtained during field and laboratory examinations during the mapping of 444 small ruminant farms in a countrywide investigation in Greece.

	Sheep Flocks (n = 325)	Goat Herds (n = 199)	p-Value 1
Clinical Examinations of Animals at the Farms
Body condition scoring	X: 2.38 ± 0.02 (scale: 0–5) 2	X: 2.54 ± 0.03 (scale: 0–5) 3	<0.0001
Laboratory Examinations in Bulk-Tank Milk
Somatic cell counting
Somatic cell counts	0.488 × 106(0.451 × 106–0.529 × 106) cells mL−1 3	0.838 × 106 (0.759 × 106–0.933 × 106) cells mL−1	<0.0001
Microbiological examinations
Total bacterial counts	398 × 103 (331 × 103–479 × 103) cfu mL−1	581 × 103 (447 × 103–741 × 103) cfu mL−1	<0.0001
Resistance of staphylococci to ampicillin, azithromycin, cefoxitin, ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin, clindamycin, erythromycin, fosfomycin, fucidic acid, gentamicin, moxifloxacin, mupirocin, oxaxillin, penicillin, rifampicin, teicoplanin, tetracycline, tobramycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole	Yes: 79, 0, 0, 2, 0, 41, 21, 31, 14, 2, 1, 1, 27, 79, 1, 0, 28, 2, 2, respectively, no: 153, 232, 232, 230, 232, 191, 211, 201, 218, 230, 231, 231, 205, 153, 231, 232, 204, 230, 230, respectively 4	Yes: 33, 0, 0, 0, 0, 19, 16, 22, 3, 0, 0, 0, 6, 33, 0, 1, 12, 1, 0, respectively, no: 47, 80, 80, 80, 80, 61, 64, 58, 77, 80, 80, 80, 74, 47, 80, 79, 68, 79, 80, respectively	Fosfomycin: 0.002, erythromycin: 0.040, all others: >0.11
Composition analysis
Fat content	X: 6.16% ± 0.05%	X: 4.77% ± 0.44%	0.0005
Protein content	X: 4.43% ± 0.01%	X: 3.23% ± 0.30%	0.0008
Lactose content	X: 4.21% ± 0.02%	X: 4.74% ± 0.03%	<0.0001

¹ p-value for comparison between sheep flocks and goat herds; ² Figures present mean ± standard error of the mean (X ± σ_M.); ³ Figures present mean (95% confidence interval); ⁴ Figures present frequency (n) for each category within the variable.