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Table 4 Producer-reported farm demographics from biosecurity survey (n = 11)

From: On-farm biosecurity practices and causes of preweaning mortality in Canadian commercial mink kits

Parameter

Range

Mean

Median

SD

95% CI

Farm size (# breeding females)

700 to 6900

3066

3400

2022

1708 to 4425

# of years in operation

15 to 85

59.5

67

24.7

43.0 to 76.1

# of full-time employees

0 to 11

5.2

6

3.7

2.7 to 7.7

# of part-time summer employees

0 to 11

2.5

1

3.4

0.2 to 4.73

# of part-time employees at pelting

0 to 20

5.6

3

5.6

1.3 to 8.9

# of pelts produced (2013)

2800 to 36,000

14,668

16,900

10,734

7457 to 21,879

# of kits born (2013)

3200 to 39,000

5948

17,500

11,648

8123 to 23,774