Table 2.

Associations of 1/fibrinogen^a concentration with eimeriosis related signs, diagnosis, gender and age in Finnish dairy calves.

Variable	n	Estimate	95% CI	p value	Wald test p value
Eimeriosis signs					0.13
No signs	35	0
Weak signs	22	−0.033	−0.066; −0.0003	0.048
Moderate signs	25	−0.007	−0.025; 0.039	0.67
Strong signs	9	−0.010	−0.061; 0.042	0.72
Signs of disease	91				0.03
Healthy	52	0
Diarrhoea	20	−0.002	−0.037; 0.033	0.91
Respiratory infection	9	−0.047	−0.091; −0.002	0.04
Umbilical inflammation	8	−0.052	−0.093; −0.012	0.01
Joint problem	2	−0.031	−0.110; 0.050	0.45
Age (days)	91	0.001	−0.001;0.002	0.32

p values showing significance difference (p = 0.05) are bolded.

^aTo normalise the data Fb values were divided from 1, so a negative estimate means a positive effect.