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Table 1 Animal-level Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in breeding pigs in Estonia

From: Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in breeding pigs in Estonia

 

No. of pigs

No. of seropositive pigs

Seroprevalence (95% CI)

Gendera

 Sow

213

20

9.4** (6.0–13.9)

 Boar

111

2

1.8** (0.3–5.8)

Breeda

 Landrace/Large White

106

8

7.5 (3.6–13.8)

 Landrace

98

10

10.2* (5.3–17.4)

 Large White

53

2

3.8 (0.6–11.9)

 Otherb

38

0

0.0* (0.0–7.6)

Age (year)a

 < 1 

72

2

2.8 (0.5–8.9)

 ≥ 1 

239

19

7.9 (5.0–11.9)

Herd size

 < 2000 pigs

170

6

3.5 (1.4–7.2)

 ≥ 2000 pigs

212

16

7.5 (4.5–11.7)

Location of the farm

 Northern part of the country

150

10

6.7 (3.4–11.6)

 Southern part of the country

232

12

5.2 (2.8–8.6)

Total

382

22

5.8 (3.7–8.5)

  1. CI confidence interval, Mid-P exact
  2. * Significantly different seroprevalence (P < 0.05)
  3. ** Significantly different seroprevalence (P < 0.01)
  4. a Some information unknown for some animals
  5. b The other breeds were pure Piétrain, pure Duroc, Duroc/Landrace, Piétrain/Duroc, Piétrain/Landrace, and Piétrain/Landrace/Large White