Table 2.

Descriptive data of veterinary experience in years and the frequency of potential exposure in one month during the study of comparative risks of brucellosis exposure to the veterinary personnel in the state of Punjab, India in 2015.

Variable	Veterinarians (n = 67)	Para-veterinarians (n = 134)	Handlers (n = 95)	p-Value⁎
Experience
Median (IQR) (years)	16 (8–20)	20 (10−30)	12 (8–20)
Mean and range, (years)	15.9(0–34)	20.0 (1–38)	16.3 (2–45)	0.01
Potential exposure situations (during the previous one month)
Parturition cases handled
Median (IQR)	1 (0–3)	3 (1–5)	2 (0–4)
Mean and range, number of cases	2.15 (0−20)	6.55 (0−100)	3.83 (0–60)	<0.001
Retained placenta removal
Median (IQR)	0 (0–2)	4 (1–5)	5 (0–5)
Mean and rangenumber of cases	1.54 (0–15)	3.79 (0–50)	2.92 (0−30)	<0.001
Aborted foetus cases handled
Median (IQR)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–2)	0 (0–3)
Mean and rangenumber of cases	0.8 (0–20)	1.9 (0–50)	2.08 (0–40)	<0.001
Stillbirth cases handled
Median (IQR)	0 (0–0)	2 (0–4)	0 (0–3)
Mean and rangenumber of cases	0.4 (0–20)	3.04 (0–35)	1.93 (0–20)	<0.001
Infertility cases handled
Median (IQR)	9 (3–15)	7 (4–14)	1 (0–5)
Mean and rangenumber of cases	11.3 (0–72)	9.82 (0–100)	4.97 (0–100)	<0.001
Artificial inseminations performed
Median (IQR)	30 (10–80)	48 (20–90)	5 (0–18)
Mean and rangenumber of cases	51.2 (0–250)	59.9 (0–500)	22.3 (0–140)	<0.001

^⁎Kruskal wallis test.