Table 2.

Cohort study: results of logistic regression models examining the non-specific markers of inflammation (NSMI) as indicators of recent (2–3 months) parasite exposure after accounting for body condition, sex, age, season, and animal id.

NSMI	Pathogen	β	SE	Test statistic	FDR sig level	p-Value
log2 (Haptoglobin)
	Bovine herpes virus (BHV)	−0.06307	0.038	−1.66	0.021	0.09695
	PI-3	0.12049	0.03749	3.214	0.007	0.00131
	Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV)	−0.05834	0.05671	−1.029	0.043	0.655834
	Bovine diarrhea virus (BVDV)	−0.03116	0.03953	−0.788	0.029	0.4309
	AD-3	0.01374	0.03651	0.376	0.05	0.707
	Mycoplasma bovis (MB)	0.19008	0.0598	3.178	0.014	0.00148
	Mannheimia hemolytica (MH)	−0.02125	0.03593	−0.592	0.036	0.55414
log2 (Serum amyloid A)
	BHV	−0.04368	0.02235	−1.954	0.007	0.0507
	PI-3	0.003432	0.019632	0.175	0.05	0.86123
	BRSV	−0.03458	0.03394	−1.019	0.036	0.308322
	BVDV	−1.32E–01	8.95E−02	−1.471	0.029	0.14131
	AD-3	0.01316	0.02144	0.614	0.043	0.53946
	MB	0.3577	0.19031	1.88	0.014	0.060174
	MH	−0.04644	0.02661	−1.745	0.021	0.0809
TNF-α
	BHV	−0.19076	0.3101	−0.615	0.036	0.5384
	PI-3	−0.32148	0.26095	−1.232	0.007	0.21798
	BRSV	−0.62706	71187	−0.881	0.021	0.378
	BVDV	−0.24408	0.35926	−0.679	0.029	0.496886
	AD-3	−0.099964	0.212616	−0.47	0.043	0.638
	MB	0.277238	0.22845	1.192	0.014	0.233131
	MH	−0.064314	0.235515	−0.273	0.05	0.784793
IFNγ
	BHV	−0.77378	0.58834	−1.315	0.029	0.18844
	PI-3	0.20225	0.18011	1.123	0.043	0.26148
	BRSV	−3.63397	2.19124	−1.658	0.021	0.0972
	BVDV	0.17317	0.1457	1.189	0.036	0.234609
	AD-3	0.34937	0.18254	1.914	0.014	0.0556
	MB	−2.23E+00	1.03E + 00	−2.157	0.007	0.031
	MH	0.26631	0.29246	0.125	0.05	0.900229

FDR significance levels are false discovery rate significance levels, which avoid issues for false positives that can occur when using multiple testing procedures.

Bold values indicate statistically significant relationships.