Table 4.

Associations between networks of aggressive intergroup interactions and risk of M. bovis infection in meerkats within those groups. Regression coefficients (r) and associated probabilities (p) based on 30 000 permutations of intergroup interactions (degree) between five focal meerkat groups (96 meerkats) and up to 13 other social groups are shown. No relationships are significant after Bonferroni correction (p < 0.006).

time point	date	number of interactions		degree
2006
t1	January–March	69	r	−0.09
			p	0.38
t2	April–June	122	r	0
			p	1.00
t3	July–September	70	r	0.03
			p	0.86
t4	October–December	107	r	0.06
			p	0.57
2007
t5	January–March	132	r	0.23
			p	0.02
t6	April–June	49	r	−0.01
			p	0.94
t7	July–September	24	r	0.19
			p	0.03
t8	October–December	31	r	0.18
			p	0.07
total	2006–2007	604	r	0.16
			p	0.11