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Table 1 Relationship between the proportion of positive piglets in a 56-crate farrowing room and the true and apparent (by FOF) proportion of positive litters assuming a clustering level of 0.61

From: In-silico characterization of the relationship between the Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus prevalence at the piglet and litter levels in a farrowing room

Proportion of PRRSV-positive individual piglets (%)

True proportion of PRRSV-positive litters (upper and lower 95% quantiles) (%)

Apparent proportion of PRRSV-positive litters by FOF (upper and lower 95% quantiles) (%)

1

5.36 (1.79, 7.14)

2.06 (1.07, 3.53)

5

8.93 (7.14, 12.50)

6.48 (5.30, 8.58)

10

14.29 (10.71, 17.86)

11.25 (9.31, 13.92)

15

19.64 (16.07, 23.21)

16.35 (14.47, 19.21)

20

23.21 (21.43, 26.79)

21.60 (18.73, 24.19)

25

28.57 (25.00, 32.14)

26.66 (23.50, 29.31)

30

33.93 (30.36, 37.50)

31.35 (28.77, 34.33)

35

39.29 (35.71, 42.86)

36.16 (33.49, 39.44)

40

44.64 (41.07, 48.21)

41.30 (38.05, 44.71)

45

48.21 (44.64, 53.57)

46.54 (43.10, 49.68)

50

53.57 (50.00, 57.14)

51.56 (48.34, 54.58)