Table 3.
Pearson's correlations between the number of positives detected and the number positive by direct faecal culture (DFC) and super-shedding (SS) in the days prior to sampling
| Time-frame | Test level | Number of days prior to sampling point | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Sampling period 1 | DFC | 0·646 | 0·602 | −0·206 | −0·872 | −0·683 | * |
| Sampling period 2 | DFC | 0·646 | 0·048 | 0·932 | −0·203 | 0·462 | 0·000 |
| Sampling period 2 | SS | 0·347 | 0·344 | 0·550 | −0·183 | 0·500 | −0·500 |
Correlation coefficients >0·5 are shown in bold font.
*
Insufficient data.