Table 5.

Seasonality of stx-detection in feces of examined cattle expressed in Odds Ratios

	Odds =1
seasons	spring	summer	autumn	winter
spring	X	0.61*	0.43***	0.63*
summer	1.64*	X	0.70t	1.02
autumn	2.35***	1.43t	X	1.47*
winter	1.60*	0.98	0.68*	X

spring: February, March, April

summer: May, June, July

autumn: August, September, October

winter: November, December, January

*** p-value < 0.001

*: p-value < 0.05

^t: tendency, p-value < 0.1