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. 2023 Jun 4;102(8):102828. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102828

Table 5.

Factor associated with the percentage of condemnations of 13,581 truckloads of broilers raised by one of Thailand's largest broiler producers without an antibiotic program and slaughtered in 2021.

Variable Estimates1 SE Statistic P-value 95% confidence interval
Season
 Winter 0.386 0.022 17.994 <0.001 0.3440 0.4280
 Summer −0.054 0.022 −2.478 0.013 −0.0114 −0.0973
 Rainy Ref
Time of transport2
 Night −0.020 0.014 −1.413 0.158 −0.0479 −0.0077
 Morning −0.078 0.027 2.934 0.003 −0.1300 −0.0250
 Day Ref
Sex
 Male 0.200 0.023 8.673 <0.001 0.1540 0.2460
 Female −0.139 0.023 −6.076 <0.001 −0.1840 −0.0944
 Mixed sex Ref
Age
 40–43 d −0.815 0.039 −20.667 <0.001 −0.8920 −0.7380
 44–47 d −0.783 0.037 −21.226 <0.001 −0.8550 −0.7110
 48–51 d −0.443 0.064 −6.894 <0.001 −0.5680 −0.3170
 52–55 d −0.446 0.119 −3.737 <0.001 −0.6800 −0.2120
 56–71 d Ref
Mean body weight (g) −0.0005 0.0001 −11.071 <0.001 −0.0006 −0.0004
Rearing stocking density (kg /m2) 0.0186 0.0042 4.400 <0.001 0.0103 0.0269
Mortality and culling (%) 0.0617 0.0039 15.831 <0.001 0.0540 0.0693
Weight per crate (kg) 0.0277 0.0051 5.418 <0.001 0.0177 0.03777
Feed withdrawal time (min) 0.0014 0.0000 16.136 <0.001 0.0012 0.0015

Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.09.

1

Estimates (β) indicate how likely an outcome is to occur in one context relative to another or one unit increase or decrease in the predictor to a β value increase or decrease in the outcome.

2

Time of transport (night = 18:00–04:00, morning = 04:00–08:00, day = 8:00–8:00).