Table 4.
Variable | n | Coefficient | SE | p | CIa | OR | CIb | ||
Intercept | 2.48 | 0.25 | |||||||
Age category | |||||||||
8 weeks | reference | reference | |||||||
14 weeks | 16 | -0.06 | 0.2 | 0.76 | -0.45 | 0.33 | reference | ||
Gilts | 16 | 0.52 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.92 | reference | ||
Parity 1 | 16 | 0.93 | 0.2 | < 0.01 | 0.53 | 1.33 | 10.8 | 3.54 | 33.02 |
Parity 2 | 16 | 1.14 | 0.21 | < 0.01 | 0.74 | 1.54 | 16.3 | 5.44 | 48.84 |
Parity 3 | 16 | 1.19 | 0.2 | < 0.01 | 0.79 | 1.59 | 18.8 | 6.4 | 54.88 |
Parity 4 | 16 | 1.08 | 0.2 | < 0.01 | 0.68 | 1.48 | 12.72 | 4.21 | 38.41 |
Parity 5+ | 16 | 1.31 | 0.2 | < 0.01 | 0.91 | 1.71 | 8.39 | 2.87 | 24.56 |
Distance to nearest pig unit (miles) | 16 | -0.06 | 0.02 | < 0.01 | -0.1 | -0.01 | 0.88 | 0.78 | 0.99 |
Quarantine facilities on farm | |||||||||
Not present | 4 | reference | |||||||
Present | 12 | -0.56 | 0.24 | < 0.05 | -1.02 | -0.1 | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.87 |
Estimation of random effects: | |||||||||
Variation between herds | 0.12 | 0.06 | |||||||
Variation between pens | 0.29 | 0.05 | |||||||
Variation between pigs | 0.24 | 0.01 |
Multivariable three level mixed model of factors associated with log IRPC of 774 pigs belonging to 16 herds that had seronegative young stock.
Sample size (n); standard error (SE); probability function (p); 95% confidence interval (CIa) when pigs' log IRPC (+12) values were used as a continuous outcome variable; Odds Ratios (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CIb) when pig-level seropositivity (absence/presence of antibodies) was used as a comparative binary outcome variable (exp(coefficient+/-(1.96 × standard error))).