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Table 10 Odds ratios of having post-weaning diarrhea given fecal shedding of certain microorganisms

From: An observational field study of porcine post-weaning diarrhea: clinical and microbiological findings, and fecal pH-measurements as a potential diagnostic tool

 

Odds ratio

95% credible interval

Constant: baseline odds

0.41

0.20

0.79

No E. coli

Baseline

Low hemolytic non-ETEC

1.61

0.44

3.82

High hemolytic non-ETEC

2.06

0.31

5.77

Low ETEC

1.84

0.42

4.53

High ETEC

4.79

1.14

12.62

Rotavirus A: no/low

Baseline

Rotavirus A: high

3.80

1.33

7.97

S. enterica: no

Baseline

S. enterica: yes

1.30

0.14

3.32

Variance: herd

0.05

0.001

0.47

  1. The levels of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), non-ETEC hemolytic E. coli, rotavirus A and Salmonella enterica spp. detected in case and control pigs. Estimates are from a Bayesian mixed logistic model