Table 1.
Multivariable analysis for predictors for application of reproductive control in sheep and goat farms in Greece.
| Variables | Odds Ratio 1 (95% Confidence Intervals) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|
| Sheep Flocks | ||
| Availability of milking parlour | 0.006 | |
| Yes (97/255 = 38.0% 2) | 3.293 (1.649–6.575) | 0.0007 |
| No (11/70 = 15.7%) | reference | - |
| Number of ewes in a farm | 0.006 | |
| Per unit decrease | 8 (0–17) | 0.006 |
| Number of daily milkings | 0.028 | |
| One (0/1 = 0.0%) | reference | - |
| Two (80/264 = 30.3%) | 1.309 (0.053–32.478) | 0.87 |
| Three (28/60 = 46.7%) | 2.631 (0.103–67.170) | 0.56 |
| Daily period spent by farmers at the farm | 0.035 | |
| ≤8 h (44/99 = 44.4%) | 2.023 (1.240–3.308) | 0.005 |
| >8 h (64/226= 28.3%) | reference | - |
| Farming tradition in the family | 0.048 | |
| Yes (87/283 = 30.7%) | reference | - |
| No (21/42= 50.0%) | 2.253 (1.170–4.339) | 0.015 |
| Goat Herds | ||
| Number of daily milkings | 0.009 | |
| One (0/4 = 0.0%) | reference | - |
| Two (16/108 = 14.8%) | 1.605 (0.083–31.242) | 0.75 |
| Three (4/7 = 57.1%) | 11.571 (0.454–295.032) | 0.14 |
| Availability of milking parlour | 0.05 | |
| Yes (16/66 = 24.2%) | 3.920 (1.224–12.559) | 0.022 |
| No (4/53 = 7.5%) | reference | - |
1 Odds ratios calculated against the lowest prevalence associations of the variable. 2 Numerator: no. of farms among those included in the denominator, in which the outcome of interest was seen; denominator: no. of farms in which the studied variable prevailed.