Prioritization of pig farm biosecurity for control of Salmonella and hepatitis E virus infections: results of a European expert opinion elicitation

Table 2 Classification of biosecurity measures based on the relevance and the level of agreement between the experts

	HEV-IN		HEV-OUT		SAL-IN		SAL-OUT		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
High relevance ranking (MM 4–5) and high agreement (IQR 0–1)	18	31.6	16	29.6	34	59.7	26	48.1	94	42.3
Low relevance ranking (MM ≤ 3) and high agreement (IQR 0–1)	2	3.5	3	5.6	2	3.5	3	5.6	10	4.5
All ranks, low agreement (IQR ≥ 2.5)	7	12.3	10	18.5	2	3.5	2	3.7	21	9.5
All ranks/intermediate agreement (IQR > 1 and < 2.5)	30	52.6	25	46.3	19	33.3	23	42.6	97	43.7
Total assessed measures	57	100	54	100	57	100	54	100	222	100

HEV-IN indicates HEV in indoor systems, HEV-OUT indicates HEV in outdoor systems, SAL-IN indicates Salmonella spp. in indoor systems, and SAL-OUT indicates Salmonella spp. in outdoor systems. MM indicates the biosecurity measure median relevance and IQR indicates the interquartile range

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