There are several errors in Tables 3 and 4. Please see the corrected Tables 3 and 4 here.
Table 3. Results of the one-by-one GLM analysis of risk factors and summary statistics for all predictors against herd bTB prevalence (n = 102).
| bTB prevalence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | b (95% CI) | OR(95% CI) | χ2 | p-value |
| Herd size | 0.08 (0.05–0.7) | 1.1 (1.04–10.6) | 76.8 | < 0.001*** |
| Herd movement | 0.06 (0.01–0.30) | 1.2 (1.17–1.30) | 63.6 | < 0.001*** |
| Number of animals introduced | 0.05 (0.007–0.11) | 1.1 (1.05–1.10) | 36.2 | < 0.001*** |
| Number of animal transferred | 0.05 (0.03–0.06) | 1.0 (-1.03–1.06) | 24.4 | < 0.001*** |
| Number of sheep and goats | 0.01 (0.01–0.02) | 1.0 (0.99–1.01) | 2.3 | 0.264 |
| Number of donkeys | 0.00 (-0.09–0.11) | 1.0 (0.93–1.13) | 0.2 | 0.646 |
| Number of camels | 0.03 (0.03–0.06) | 1.0 (1.0–1.06) | 27.2 | < 0.001*** |
| Production system | 0.06 (-1.04–5.42) | 11.4 (1.58–81.6) | 14.7 | 0.016* |
| Contact with wildlife | 0.02 (-0.46–1.25) | 2.0 (1.29–2.81) | 9.5 | <0.001*** |
| Presence of other livestock | 0.00 (-0.78–1.65) | 1.8 (0.57–5.79) | 1.3 | 0.309 |
b = standardized regression coefficient with 95% confidence intervals, OR = Odds Ratio with 95% confidence intervals
* P< 0.05
** p < 0.01
*** p < 0.001
Table 4. Summary statistics of the final model, with standardized regression coefficient (b with 95% confidence interval), Odds Ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval, and p-value from the GLMs for the predictors correlated with herd bTB prevalence as obtained through model averaging (n = 102).
| bTB prevalence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | b (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | p-value |
| Herd size | 0.94 (0.56–1.28) | 1.1 (1.04–10.9) | < 0.001*** |
| Number of animals transferred | 0.00 (0.00–0.17) | 1.0 (0.96–1.01) | 0.171 |
| Number of camels in the herd | -0.11 (-0.20–0.08) | 1.0 (-0.97–1.02) | 0.246 |
| Contact with wildlife | 0.19 (0.05–0.33) | 11.8 (1.43–96.4) | 0.007** |
| Production system | 0.28 (-0.42–0.98) | 2.3 (0.29–17.48) | 0.442 |
| Herd size and contact with wildlife | 0.15 (0.02–0.40) | 1.0 (0.93–1.00) | 0.008** |
*p<0.05
** p<0.01
*** p<0.001
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