Table 3.
Percentage of flocks with lame ewes/lambs and lesions as reported by farmers, by latent class for models of treatment of lambs (823 flocks) and ewes (908 flocks).
| Latent class | Farmer* reported presence of lameness/lesions | No. of flocks (percentage) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lame ewes | Lame lambs | Interdigital dermatitis | Severe footrot | Contagious ovine digital dermatitis | Shelly hoof | ||
| Treatment of lambs latent class model | |||||||
| LC1 | Absent | 3 (2.6) | 10 (8.5) | 14 (12.0) | 20 (17.1) | 56 (47.9) | 32 (27.4) |
| Present | 114 (97.4) | 107 (91.5) | 95 (81.2) | 88 (75.2) | 53 (45.3) | 43 (36.8) | |
| Not reported** | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (6.8) | 9 (7.7) | 8 (6.8) | 42 (35.9) | |
| LC2 | Absent | 1 (0.5) | 4 (1.9) | 11 (5.1) | 21 (9.8) | 75 (35.0) | 43 (20.1) |
| Present | 213 (99.5) | 210 (98.1) | 183 (85.5) | 176 (82.2) | 119 (55.6) | 102 (47.7) | |
| Not reported** | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (9.3) | 17 (7.9) | 20 (9.3) | 69 (32.2) | |
| LC3 | Absent | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.2) | 6 (2.3) | 23 (8.9) | 89 (34.6) | 51 (19.8) |
| Present | 257 (100.0) | 254 (98.8) | 232 (90.3) | 218 (84.8) | 149 (58.0) | 126 (49.0) | |
| Not reported** | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (7.4) | 16 (6.2) | 19 (7.4) | 80 (31.1) | |
| LC4 | Absent | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 5 (2.1) | 27 (11.5) | 97 (41.3) | 46 (19.6) |
| Present | 235 (100.0) | 234 (99.6) | 216 (91.9) | 196 (83.4) | 120 (51.1) | 101 (43.0) | |
| Not reported** | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (6.0) | 12 (5.1) | 18 (7.7) | 88 (37.4) | |
| Treatment of ewes latent class model | |||||||
| LC1 | Absent | 5 (5.8) | 7 (8.2) | 10 (11.6) | 13 (15.1) | 35 (40.7) | 22 (25.6) |
| Present | 81 (94.2) | 79 (91.9) | 72 (83.7) | 66 (76.7) | 45 (52.3) | 41 (47.7) | |
| Not reported** | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (4.7) | 7 (8.1) | 6 (7.0) | 23 (26.7) | |
| LC2 | Absent | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.2) | 2 (1.5) | 13 (9.7) | 68 (50.7) | 31 (23.1) |
| Present | 134 (100.0) | 131 (97.8) | 126 (94.0) | 116 (86.6) | 57 (42.5) | 49 (36.6) | |
| Not reported** | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (4.5) | 5 (3.7) | 9 (6.7) | 54 (40.3) | |
| LC3 | Absent | 0 (0.0) | 5 (2.5) | 14 (7.1) | 20 (10.1) | 73 (36.9) | 35 (17.7) |
| Present | 198 (100.0) | 193 (97.5) | 164 (82.8) | 163 (82.3) | 103 (52.0) | 85 (42.9) | |
| Not reported** | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (10.1) | 15 (7.6) | 22 (11.1) | 78 (39.4) | |
| LC4 | Absent | 0 (0.0) | 7 (1.4) | 14 (2.9) | 54 (11.0) | 186 (38.0) | 111 (22.7) |
| Present | 490 (100.0) | 483 (98.6) | 444 (90.6) | 404 (82.3) | 272 (55.5) | 223 (45.5) | |
| Not reported** | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 32 (6.5) | 32 (6.5) | 32 (6.5) | 156 (31.8) | |
*
Farmers reported whether they had observed any lame ewes or lame lambs or presence of foot lesions in ewes).
**
Farmers did not reply to the question.