Table 2.
Multiple linear forward regression analysis showing inter-relationship between the specific nasopharyngeal (NPS) and bronchoalveolar (BAL) taxa in clinically healthy feedlot calves
| NPS/BAL bacterial genera | Bibersteinia (BAL) | Mycoplasma (BAL) | Moraxella (BAL) | Mannheimia (BAL) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R square | SE of the estimate | P value | R Square | SE of the estimate | P value | R square | SE of the estimate | P value | R square | SE of the estimate | P value | |
| Mycoplasma (NPS) | 0.977 | 0.075 | 0.001 | |||||||||
| Streptococcus (NPS) | 0.769 | 0.025 | 0.004 | 0.842 | 0.006 | 0.001 | ||||||
| Promicromonospora (NPS) | 0.913 | 0.054 | 0.0001 | |||||||||
| Actinobacillus (NPS) | 0.981 | 0.031 | 0.015 | |||||||||
| Bacteroides (NPS) | 0.950 | 0.002 | 0.0001 | |||||||||
SE standard error
This analysis was focussed on the taxa commonly associated with bovine respiratory pathogens