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. 2012 Apr 1;2012:798502. doi: 10.1155/2012/798502

Table 4.

Prevalence of SICCT reactors in 1,381 cattle tested in the year 2010 at modified cutoff points and SIT reactors in the highlands of Cameroon.

Variable No animals tested SICCT-BT reactors % (95% CI) SICCT-AT reactors*; %(SE) SIT-BT reactors; %(95% CI) SIT-AT reactors*; %(SE)
≥4 mm ≥3 mm ≥2 mm ≥4 mm ≥4 mm ≥4 mm
All animals 1,381 7.41 (6.02–8.79) 13.25 (11.47–15.04) 17.26 (15.36–19.25) 0.65 ± 0.42 18.35 (14.35–22.35) 7.46 ± 1.39
Agroecological location
ADP 363 0.43a (0–1.11) 0.40a (0–1.04) 0.79a (0–1.70) 0.55 ± 0.76 0.59a (0–2.13) 0.83 ± 0.93
WHC 1,018 9.89b (8.06–11.72) 17.84b (15.49–20.19) 23.13b (20.54–25.72) 0.69 ± 0.51 24.68b (19.49–29.88) 9.82 ± 1.83
Breed
Upgraded/Exotic 764 10.87a (8.66–13.08) 16.12a (13.52–18.73) 21.07a (18.18–23.96) 0.79 ± 0.63 24.03a (18.09–29.96) 11.39 ± 2.25
Guadal 492 0.31 (0–0.79) 0.28 (0–0.75) 0.57 (0–1.24) 0.41 ± 0.56 0.40 (0–1.50) 0.61 ± 0.69
Namchi 31 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Bororo 94 18.84a (10.94–26.75) 62.22b (52.42–72.02) 79.29b (71.10–87.49) 1.06 ± 2.07 72.28b (54.54–90.01) 13.83 ± 6.98
White Fulani
Sex and Age
Female 1,107 8.29a (6.66–9.91) 13.90a (11.87–15.94) 17.69 (15.44–19.94) 0.63 ± 0.47 19.73a (15.14–24.33) 8.49 ± 1.64
Male 274 3.83b (1.56–6.11) 10.62a (6.98–14.28) 15.51 (11.22–19.79) 0.73 ± 1.01 12.77a (5.02–20.51) 3.28 ± 2.11
Age ≤ 4 years 716 4.41c (2.91–5.91) 9.71b (7.55–11.88) 12.50a (10.07–14.92) 0.28 ± 0.39 11.93b (7.28–16.59) 4.05 ± 1.44
Age > 4 years 665 10.63d (8.29–12.97) 17.07c (14.21–19.92) 22.38b (19.22–25.55) 1.05 ± 0.78 25.26c (18.79–31.73) 11.13 ± 2.39
Management system
Extensive 488 0.31 (0–0.80) 0.28 (0–0.75) 0.58 (0–1.25) 0 0.41 (0–1.51) 0.20 ± 0.40
Intensive/Zero grazing 552 8.95a (6.57–11.34) 12.03a (9.31–14.74) 16.50a (13.40–19.59) 1.09 ± 0.87 20.74a (14.11–27.36) 10.87 ± 2.60
Semi-intensive 341 15.05b (11.26–18.85) 33.89b (28.78–38.83) 42.36b (37.11–47.60) 0.88 ± 0.99 40.17b (29.97–50.37) 12.32 ± 3.49
Beef herds 692 7.39c (5.44–9.34) 16.40c (13.64–19.16) 20.63c (17.61–23.64) 0.43 ± 0.49 18.97c (13.25–24.70) 5.49 ± 1.70
Dairy herds 689 15.15d (12.48–17.83) 10.10d (7.85–12.35) 13.87d (11.29–16.45) 0.87 ± 0.69 17.73c (12.14–23.32) 9.43 ± 2.18
Herd size (No animals per herd)
≤40 animals 713 9.41a (7.27–11.55) 12.72a (10.27–15.17) 16.38a (13.67–19.11) 1.12 ± 0.77 19.14a (13.48–24.81) 9.96 ± 2.20
>40 animals 668 5.26b (3.57–6.96) 13.82a (11.21–16.44) 18.18a (15.26–21.11) 0.15 ± 0.29 17.50a (11.86–23.15) 4.79 ± 1.62

a, b, c, dLabel in a category with the different letters in a column are significantly different (P < 0.05).

*Observed prevalence.

ADP: Adamawa plateaux of Cameroon.

WHC: Western highlands of Cameroon.

SICCT-BT: Single Intradermal Comparative Cervical Tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of bovine TB.

SIT-BT: Single Intradermal Tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of bovine TB.