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an epidemiological study of listeriosis in dairy cattle

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Table 2. 3. The proportion <strong>of</strong> <strong>an</strong>imals affected with <strong>listeriosis</strong> accord<strong>in</strong>g to the cl<strong>in</strong>ical<br />

signs (<strong>an</strong>imal-year/1000)<br />

<strong>in</strong>cidence rate β<br />

silage eye nervous signs<br />

affected all affected all<br />

overall 66.5 (355/5,337) 3.4 (355/104,720) 9.9 (20/2,011) 0.2 (20/104,720)<br />

milk<strong>in</strong>g cows 45.6 (194/4,259) 4.2 (194/56,849) 7.7 (14/1,809) 0.25 (14/56,849)<br />

replacement<br />

heifers<br />

148.4 (127/856) 6.6 (127/19,174) 29.7 (6/202) 0.3 (6/19,174)<br />

<strong>dairy</strong> calves 153.2 (34/222) 1.2 (34/28,697) 0 0<br />

β signific<strong>an</strong>t difference between the groups <strong>of</strong> <strong>an</strong>imals <strong>an</strong>d also between the affected <strong>an</strong>d all herds (P

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