Table 4.

Odds ratios (OR) with their 95% confidence intervals (95%-CI) and p-values of Romney sheep compared to all other sheep breeds for risk to infection with D. nodosus (aprV2+/aprB2+) and virulent D. nodosus (aprV2+).

Breed of sheep	p-value	OR	95%-CI		p-value	OR	95%-CI
	Risk of infection with all D. nodosus				Risk of infection with virulent D. nodosus only
Bentheim	0.0023	0.053	0.008	0.349	0.0008	0.052	0.009	0.296
Charollais	0.0004	0.023	0.003	0.189	0.0035	0.060	0.009	0.398
Dorper	0.0027	0.039	0.005	0.325	0.0361	0.107	0.013	0.865
Coburg	0.0005	0.043	0.007	0.256	0.0023	0.096	0.021	0.433
Ile-de-France	0.0009	0.060	0.011	0.317	0.0063	0.149	0.038	0.584
Leine	0.0004	0.040	0.007	0.233	0.0055	0.118	0.026	0.533
German Mutton Merino	0.0106	0.085	0.013	0.563	0.0720	0.224	0.044	1.143
German Merino-Mix	< 0.0001	0.018	0.003	0.101	< 0.0001	0.038	0.009	0.163
German Merino	< 0.0001	0.033	0.006	0.172	0.0002	0.078	0.020	0.301
Merino Longwoll	0.1097	0.122	0.009	1.608	0.3113	0.324	0.037	2.867
White Polled Heath	0.0349	0.094	0.010	0.846	0.1888	0.295	0.048	1.824
East Friesian	0.0242	0.059	0.005	0.690	0.0512	0.087	0.007	1.013
German Blackheaded Mutton	0.0002	0.043	0.008	0.228	0.0015	0.111	0.029	0.431
Suffolk	0.0002	0.041	0.007	0.224	0.0013	0.097	0.023	0.402
Swifter	< 0.0001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.0001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.001
Texel	0.0030	0.079	0.015	0.423	0.0276	0.211	0.053	0.842
German Whiteheaded Mutton	0.0200	0.108	0.017	0.705	0.5481	0.583	0.100	3.392
Others	0.0010	0.067	0.013	0.336	0.0069	0.169	0.047	0.614
German Grey Heath	0.0003	0.031	0.005	0.201	0.0010	0.066	0.013	0.334
Pomeranian Coarsewool	0.0005	0.036	0.005	0.230	0.0032	0.089	0.018	0.445
German White Heath	< 0.0001	0.012	0.002	0.082	< 0.0001	0.025	0.005	0.134

OR < 1 indicate lower risk of infection with D. nodosus and virulent D. nodosus in Romney sheep compared to the other sheep breeds.