Table 3.
A comparison of the percentages (%) of milk components in samples obtained from seropositive and seronegative animals in two tested herds (A and B).
| Lactation | ELISA Result | Protein | Fat | Total Solid | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (% in Milk Content) | (% in Milk Content) | (% in Milk Content) | |||||||||||
| Herd A | Herd B | Herd A | Herd B | Herd A | Herd B | ||||||||
| Average | Min/Max | Average | Min/Max | Average | Min/Max | Average | Min/Max | Average | Min/Max | Average | Min/Max | ||
| I | + | 3.15 | 2.64/3.75 | 3.14 | 2.54/4.25 | 4.08 | 3.04/6.28 | 4.09 | 3.33/7.28 | 12.73 | 11.19/15.26 | 12.71 | 11.73/15.41 |
| - | 3.19 | 2.26/5.06 | 3.07 | 2.43/4.87 | 3.99 | 1.88/8.65 | 3.82 | 1.79/7.49 | 12.69 | 9.93/18.59 | 12.47 | 10.33/17.27 | |
| II | + | 3.13 | 2.68/4.36 | 2.9 | 2.44/4.66 | 3.83 | 2.84/6.07 | 3.83 a | 2.50/6.72 | 12.99 | 11.06/15.28 | 12 | 10.52/15.71 |
| - | 3.23 | 2.30/5.24 | 3.03 | 2.35/4.99 | 3.87 | 1.69/8.80 | 3.87 | 1.83/9.00 | 12.94 | 10.17/18.56 | 12.37 | 10.16/17.36 | |
| III | + | 3.19 | 2.76/4.01 | 3.18 | 2.54/4.50 | 3.63 | 2.76/5.88 | 3.63 a | 1.38/6.52 | 12.32 | 11.27/14.26 | 12.1 | 10.20/15.80 |
| - | 3.3 | 2.57/4.77 | 3.09 | 2.15/5.27 | 3.88 | 1.47/7.73 | 3.88 | 1.51/9.00 | 13.17 | 9.73/16.50 | 12.34 | 9.91/19.60 | |
| >III | + | 3.28 | 3.10/4.36 | 3.2 | 2.75/4.16 | 4.21 | 2.43/6.31 | 4.21 | 2.53/5.73 | 12.99 | 11.08/15.47 | 12.9 | 11.14/14.57 |
| - | 3.28 | 2.60/5.35 | 3.13 | 2.20 /4.73 | 4.03 | 2.37/8.89 | 4.03 | 1.68/7.53 | 13.07 | 10.29/17.90 | 12.6 | 9.67/16.60 | |
| Whole herd | + | 3.18 | 2.64/4.36 | 3.1 | 2.44/4.66 | 3.93 | 2.43/6.31 | 3.94 | 1.38/7.28 | 12.75 | 11.08/15.47 | 12.42 | 10.20/15.80 |
| - | 3.25 | 2.30/5.35 | 3.08 | 2.15/5.27 | 3.94 | 1.47/8.89 | 3.9 | 1.51/9.00 | 12.96 | 9.73/18.59 | 12.44 | 9.91/19.60 | |
+ seropositive; - seronegative; statistical significance between results: a p = 0,041; no statistical significance was observed between the other results.