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. 2021 Nov 3;8:742696. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.742696

Table 7.

Regression analysis of the proportion of samples positive for environmental mastitis pathogens by month.

Categories of explanatory variable month Outcome as proportion of samples positive for each of the mastitis pathogens
Non-aureus Staphylococci Escherichia coli Trueperella pyogenes Streptococcus dysgalactiae
Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
Overall P-value 0.01 Overall P-value 0.01 Overall P-value 0.01 Overall P-value 0.01
January 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
February 0.93 (0.77, 1.12) 0.66 (0.49, 0.90)* 0.95 (0.75, 1.2) 0.65 (0.47, 0.90)*
March 1.64 (1.39, 1.93)* 0.9 (0.68, 1.19) 0.97 (0.77, 1.22) 1.67 (1.30, 2.17)*
April 2.08 (1.77, 2.44)* 0.82 (0.61, 1.10) 1.12 (0.89, 1.41) 1.39 (1.07, 1.82)*
May 1.37 (1.16, 1.64)* 1.53 (1.18, 1.98)* 0.98 (0.78, 1.25) 1.27 (0.96, 1.67)
June 1.5 (1.28, 1.78)* 1.65 (1.30, 2.11)* 0.83 (0.65, 1.05) 1.06 (0.81, 1.40)
July 2.29 (1.97, 2.67)* 1.68 (1.33, 2.13)* 0.72 (0.57, 0.91)* 0.83 (0.63, 1.09)
August 1.75 (1.5, 2.05)* 1.74 (1.38, 2.21)* 0.69 (0.55, 0.87)* 0.93 (0.71, 1.22)
September 1.65 (1.41, 1.95)* 1.78 (1.40, 2.27)* 0.69 (0.54, 0.89)* 0.88 (0.66, 1.18)
October 1.09 (0.91, 1.3) 1.42 (1.10, 1.83)* 0.86 (0.68, 1.1) 0.9 (0.67, 1.20)
November 0.98 (0.81, 1.19) 1.48 (1.14, 1.92)* 1.05 (0.83, 1.33) 1.05 (0.78, 1.40)
December 0.8 (0.65, 0.99)* 1.12 (0.84, 1.50) 0.96 (0.74, 1.23) 1.1 (0.81, 1.48)
*

Represent significant odds ratios.