Table 3.

Sheep and goats’ husbandry and brucellosis status data investigated for association with human brucellosis.

Variable	Definition
“New positive holdings” a	Only newly diagnosed with brucellosis holdings in a particular year
“Unvaccinated animals” a	Female sheep and goats remaining unvaccinated
“Unvaccinated holdings” a	Farms with sheep and/or goats, in which no vaccination was implemented in the animals eligible for vaccination
“Animals with delayed vaccination” a	Female sheep and goats that received vaccination after the optimal age (3–6 months old)
“Percentage of tested holdings”	Percentage of holdings tested serologically

^a per Regional Unit, year, and 100,000 of human population.