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Table 2 Categorisation of farms prior to vaccination and respective means of return to oestrus rate after vaccination

From: Reproductive performance of pandemic influenza A virus infected sow herds before and after implementation of a vaccine against the influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus

category (range of return to oestrus rate)

n

decrease of the return to oestrus rate on n farms (%)

mean decrease of the return to oestrus rate by X% (SD)

1 (<  10%)

43

25 (58.1%)

1.56 (1.43)a

2 (≥ 10% - < 20%)

66

52 (78.8%)

4.49 (2.87)b

3 (≥ 20%)

22

21 (95.5%)

10.97 (5.4)c

  1. n = number of farms X = average decrease in the return to oestrus rate in the respective category after immunisation abc groups with different superscripts had significantly different results(p < 0.05)