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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)
Variable	No animals tested	≥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	0.43^a (0–1.11)	0.40^a (0–1.04)	0.79^a (0–1.70)	0.55 ± 0.76	0.59^a (0–2.13)	0.83 ± 0.93
WHC	1,018	9.89^b (8.06–11.72)	17.84^b (15.49–20.19)	23.13^b (20.54–25.72)	0.69 ± 0.51	24.68^b (19.49–29.88)	9.82 ± 1.83
Breed
Upgraded/Exotic	764	10.87^a (8.66–13.08)	16.12^a (13.52–18.73)	21.07^a (18.18–23.96)	0.79 ± 0.63	24.03^a (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	18.84^a (10.94–26.75)	62.22^b (52.42–72.02)	79.29^b (71.10–87.49)	1.06 ± 2.07	72.28^b (54.54–90.01)	13.83 ± 6.98
White Fulani
Sex and Age
Female	1,107	8.29^a (6.66–9.91)	13.90^a (11.87–15.94)	17.69 (15.44–19.94)	0.63 ± 0.47	19.73^a (15.14–24.33)	8.49 ± 1.64
Male	274	3.83^b (1.56–6.11)	10.62^a (6.98–14.28)	15.51 (11.22–19.79)	0.73 ± 1.01	12.77^a (5.02–20.51)	3.28 ± 2.11
Age ≤ 4 years	716	4.41^c (2.91–5.91)	9.71^b (7.55–11.88)	12.50^a (10.07–14.92)	0.28 ± 0.39	11.93^b (7.28–16.59)	4.05 ± 1.44
Age > 4 years	665	10.63^d (8.29–12.97)	17.07^c (14.21–19.92)	22.38^b (19.22–25.55)	1.05 ± 0.78	25.26^c (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	8.95^a (6.57–11.34)	12.03^a (9.31–14.74)	16.50^a (13.40–19.59)	1.09 ± 0.87	20.74^a (14.11–27.36)	10.87 ± 2.60
Semi-intensive	341	15.05^b (11.26–18.85)	33.89^b (28.78–38.83)	42.36^b (37.11–47.60)	0.88 ± 0.99	40.17^b (29.97–50.37)	12.32 ± 3.49
Beef herds	692	7.39^c (5.44–9.34)	16.40^c (13.64–19.16)	20.63^c (17.61–23.64)	0.43 ± 0.49	18.97^c (13.25–24.70)	5.49 ± 1.70
Dairy herds	689	15.15^d (12.48–17.83)	10.10^d (7.85–12.35)	13.87^d (11.29–16.45)	0.87 ± 0.69	17.73^c (12.14–23.32)	9.43 ± 2.18
Herd size (No animals per herd)
≤40 animals	713	9.41^a (7.27–11.55)	12.72^a (10.27–15.17)	16.38^a (13.67–19.11)	1.12 ± 0.77	19.14^a (13.48–24.81)	9.96 ± 2.20
>40 animals	668	5.26^b (3.57–6.96)	13.82^a (11.21–16.44)	18.18^a (15.26–21.11)	0.15 ± 0.29	17.50^a (11.86–23.15)	4.79 ± 1.62

^{a, b, c, d}Label 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.