From: Flock-level risk factors for outbreaks of infectious arthritis in lambs, Norway 2018
Variable | Categories | Total | Case flocks (n = 84) | Control flocks (n = 1414) | ||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | P-value | ||
Flooring type in lambing pena | Metal mesh flooring | 649 | 43.4 | 26 | 31.0 | 623 | 44.1 | < 0.0001 |
Plastic mesh flooring | 314 | 21.0 | 41 | 48.8 | 273 | 19.3 | ||
Other/combinations | 533 | 35.6 | 17 | 20.2 | 516 | 36.6 | ||
Flooring type for lambs before let out onto pastureb | Metal mesh flooring | 348 | 23.2 | 21 | 25.3 | 327 | 23.2 | < 0.0001 |
Plastic mesh flooring | 145 | 9.7 | 26 | 31.3 | 119 | 8.4 | ||
Straw bed/deep litter | 310 | 20.8 | 10 | 12.1 | 300 | 21.3 | ||
Other/combinations | 691 | 46.3 | 26 | 31.3 | 665 | 47.1 | ||
Bedding material in single pensc | Not using bedding material | 355 | 23.4 | 20 | 24.1 | 335 | 23.8 | 0.005 |
Straw | 493 | 33.1 | 42 | 50.6 | 451 | 32.0 | ||
Sawdust | 178 | 12.0 | 9 | 10.8 | 169 | 12.0 | ||
Hay | 167 | 11.2 | 6 | 7.2 | 161 | 11.4 | ||
Other bedding materials or combinations | 271 | 18.2 | 6 | 7.2 | 265 | 18.8 | ||
Not using single pens | 27 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1.9 | ||
Age of the sheda | > 10 years | 952 | 63.9 | 41 | 48.8 | 911 | 64.8 | 0.01 |
Rebuilt/modernized the last 10 years | 282 | 18.9 | 21 | 25.0 | 261 | 18.6 | ||
< 10 years | 256 | 17.2 | 22 | 26.2 | 234 | 16.6 | ||
Environment in the shed after lambing vs. beforea | Dry | 611 | 42.4 | 26 | 31.0 | 585 | 43.1 | 0.021 |
More humid | 426 | 29.6 | 24 | 28.6 | 402 | 29.7 | ||
More humid and dirtier | 403 | 28.0 | 34 | 40.5 | 369 | 27.2 | ||
Time spent in single pens after lambingc | ≥ 3 days | 840 | 56.2 | 38 | 45.2 | 802 | 56.8 | 0.031 |
1–2 days | 628 | 42.0 | 46 | 54.8 | 582 | 41.3 | ||
Not using single pens | 27 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 1.9 | ||
Group size (ewes before lambing)a | ≤ 15 | 767 | 53.0 | 36 | 42.9 | 731 | 53.7 | 0.086 |
16–30 | 441 | 30.5 | 28 | 33.3 | 413 | 30.3 | ||
> 30 | 238 | 16.5 | 20 | 23.8 | 218 | 16.0 | ||
Housing type | Uninsulated | 405 | 27.3 | 19 | 22.6 | 386 | 27.6 | 0.512 |
Insulated | 745 | 50.2 | 47 | 56.0 | 698 | 49.9 | ||
Other housing type, outdoors combination | 333 | 22.5 | 18 | 21.4 | 315 | 22.5 |