Occurrence of diarrhoea and intestinal pathogens in non-medicated nursery pigs

Table 4 Detection of one or more pathogens by level of diarrhoeic pools from where the pigs were housed

Diarrhoeic pools per pen	No. of pens	Mean diarrhoea prevalence	Pathogen detected			Odds ratio^a	p value^b
Diarrhoeic pools per pen	No. of pens	Mean diarrhoea prevalence	+	–	Total	Odds ratio^a	p value^b
0	150	0.26	50	56	106	0.99	0.92
1	89	0.37	36	42	78	0.94	0.92
>2	67	0.42	35	37	72	1.08	0.90
Total	306	0.33	121	135	256

^aOdds ratio (OR) of pathogen detection in pen with level of diarrhoeic pools per pen
^bAssociation tested by Chi square-test

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