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an epidemiological study of listeriosis in dairy cattle

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<strong>in</strong>cidence rate was 4/1000 <strong>an</strong>imal-years (423/104 720) <strong>in</strong> all herds <strong>an</strong>d 51.4/1000 <strong>an</strong>imal-<br />

years (423/6 017) <strong>in</strong> affected herds.<br />

The <strong>in</strong>cidence rate was estimated for each group. It was 39.7/1000cow-years<br />

(239/6017) <strong>in</strong> affected herds <strong>an</strong>d 4.2/1000cow-years (239/56 849) <strong>in</strong> all herds for milk<strong>in</strong>g<br />

cows. For replacement heifers, it was 86.6/1000heifer-years (142/1639) <strong>in</strong> affected herds<br />

<strong>an</strong>d 7.4/1000heifer-years (142/19174) overall. The <strong>in</strong>cidence rate <strong>in</strong> <strong>dairy</strong> calves was<br />

73.7/1000calf-years (42/570) <strong>in</strong> affected herds <strong>an</strong>d 1.5/1000calf-years (42/28697) <strong>in</strong> all<br />

herds. The <strong>in</strong>cidence rate <strong>in</strong> replacement heifers was signific<strong>an</strong>tly higher th<strong>an</strong> <strong>in</strong> milk<strong>in</strong>g<br />

cows <strong>an</strong>d <strong>dairy</strong> calves (P

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