Table 2. q-nearest neighbours test.

Results of the q-nearest neighbours test on the infection state of farms by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) within the dairy farms of the Province of Parma. Columns show the number q-nearest neighbours selected for the analysis (i.e. total number of cases within the number of q neighbours of each farm within the system) and corresponding p-value (p).

#q	Total q-nn	p
1	84	0.328
2	166	0.311
3	255	0.164
4	332	0.245
5	426	0.101
6	497	0.216
7	579	0.208
8	664	0.168
9	755	0.101
10	844	0.064