Relationship between Anti-European Brown Hare Syndrome Serological Titers and Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas) Densities

Table 1

Anti-EBHSV antibodies positivity and serological titers in hares in relation to sex, age, sex * age and density.

	Interaction sex * age				Main effect sex		Main effect age		Main effect density (𝑛/100 ha)
	Adult females	Young females	Adult males	Young males	females	males	Adult	Young	>60 High	20–40 Middling	<10 Low
Anti EBHSV*%	82.3^ab	58.5^b	75.5^a	82.5^a	69.3	78.8	78.5	70.4	70.0^a	78.4^a	25.5^b
N°pos/N°tot^§	28/34	24/41	34/45	33/40	52/75	67/85	62/79	57/81	21/30	87/111	41/161
Anti-EBHSV ̂‌	1/55^ab	1/173^a	1/23^b	1/179^a	1/114	1/101	1/39^b	1/176^a	1/80	1/195	1/48
Standard error	1/57.4	1/57.8	1/50.1	1/51.9	1/44.0	1/39.3	1/41.7	1/41.8	1/57.9	1/28.9	1/77.4

Note: means bearing different letters differ for 𝑃<.05.
*Anti-EBHSV %: percentage of animals positive for antibodies against European brown hare syndrome virus.
^§Number of seropositive hares out of total hares tested
̂‌Anti-EBHSV: mean titers for anti-EBHSV antibodies.