Table 3.
Changes in seasonality of dictyocaulosis cases from 1975 to 2014 as recorded by the Veterinary Investigation Diagnosis Analysis database
| Region | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
| Southwest England | 0.37 (0.02) | 0.43 (0.01) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.32 (0.05) |
| Southeast England | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| East England | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Midwest England | - | - | - | - | - | 0.31 (0.05) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Northern England | - | - | 0.34 (0.04) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.55 (<0.001) | - | - |
| Scotland | −0.37 (0.02) | - | - | - | - | −0.43 (0.01) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wales | 0.35 (0.03) | - | - | - | - | 0.31 (0.05) | - | - | - | - | 0.39 (0.01) | 0.36 (0.02) |
Note that only significant results (p≤0.05) are shown.
Numbers refer to the Spearman’s rank correlation test results with p values in parenthesis.