Research Article

Development of an Effective Oral Vaccine Dissemination Strategy against Classical Swine Fever for Wild Boar in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Table 1

The results of single regression analysis.

VariablesVariable type 1Variable type 2UnitVariable (threshold)N = 1227 (%)Coefficients (β)Standard error (SE)valueData source

Wild boarResponseBinominalPresence: yes or noYes398 (32.4%)Camera data
No829 (67.6%)
DeerExplanatoryBinominalPresence: yes or noYes256 (20.9%)0.1330.1480.371Camera data
No971 (70.1%)
Raccoon dogExplanatoryBinominalPresence: yes or noYes986 (80.4%)0.7340.172<0.001Camera data
No241 (19.6%)
RaccoonExplanatoryBinominalPresence: yes or noYes165 (13.4%)0.7030.170<0.001Camera data
No1062 (86.6%)
FoxExplanatoryBinominalPresence: yes or noYes683 (55.7%)0.1430.1230.246Camera data
No544 (44.3%)
CrowExplanatoryBinominalPresence: yes or noYes392 (31.9%)0.4160.128<0.001Camera data
No835 (68.1%)
BadgerExplanatoryBinominalPresence: yes or noYes188 (15.3%)5.4 × 10−40.1690.997Camera data
No1039 (84.7%)
AltitudeExplanatoryCategoricalMeterLow: 0–25% (993.5)308 (25.1%)[25]
Medium: 25–50% (1912.8)308 (25.1%)0.3290.1730.058
Medium-high: 50–75% (2166.3)304 (24.8%)0.2180.1750.213
High: 75–100% (2529.2)307 (25.0%)0.1740.1760.322
SlopeExplanatoryCategorical%Low: 0–25% (5.7)309 (25.2%)[25]
Medium: 25–50% (12.7)306 (24.9%)−0.1660.1730.339
Medium-high: 50–75% (22.7)305 (24.9%)−0.2720.1760.121
High: 75–100% (39.6)307 (25.0%)0.1940.1680.249
Road densityExplanatoryCategoricalm/km2Low: 0–25% (586)307 (25.0%)[25]
Medium: 25–50% (2103)307 (25.0%)0.680.178<0.001
Medium-high: 50–75% (4399)307 (25.0%)0.5680.179<0.002
High: 75–100% (9011)306 (24.9%)0.4270.1810.019
Distance to water sourceExplanatoryCategoricalMeterShort: 0–25% (88.2)310 (25.3%)[25]
Middle: 25–50% (211.6)306 (24.9%)−0.0240.1700.888
Middle-long: 50–75% (382.3)305 (24.9%)−0.2500.1750.153
Long: 75–100% (1491.6)306 (24.9%)0.0050.030.976
Capture pressure indexExplanatoryCategoricalHead/km2Low density (<0.252)942 (76.8%)Gifu-provided data
Medium density: (0.252–0.805)235 (19.2%)0.2390.1530.120
High density: (0.805–1.82)41 (3.3%)1.0700.323<0.001
Very high density: (>1.82)9 (0.7%)0.6020.6750.372
Expected wild boar densityExplanatoryCategoricalHead/km2Low density: (<5)167 (13.6%)[34]
Medium density: (5-6)400 (32.6%)0.0940.2000.640
Medium-high density: (6-7)306 (24.9%)−0.3490.1640.033
High density: (>7)354 (28.9%)−0.0600.1640.715
Human densityExplanatoryContinuousPerson/km2(min, median, max)0, 2, 8926.7 × 10−47.7 × 10−40.383[25]
Wild boar distribution indexExplanatoryCategoricalLow: 0–25% (0.571)307 (25.0%)[29, 32]
Medium: 25–50% (0.612)307 (25.0%)0.3590.1700.035
Medium-high: 50–75% (0.646)306 (24.9%)−0.0730.1760.680
High: 75–100% (1)307 (25.0%)−0.0310.1750.861

Variables with values less than 0.15 (in bold) were advanced to the next step.