Research Article
Ovine Paratuberculosis: A Seroprevalence Study in Dairy Flocks Reared in the Marche Region, Italy
Table 4
Herd seroprevalence in relation to the breed and herd consistence in Macerata and Ancona provinces.
| | % Herd seroprevalence (CI95) | | | Herd consistence | Breed | Total herds | Small (≤500 sheep) | Medium () | Large (≥1000 sheep) | | MC | AN | MC | AN | MC | AN | MC | AN |
| Comisana | 75.0 (36.3–116.7)
| 60.0 (23.1–96.9)
| 60.0
| 66.7
| 100
| 0
| 100
| 100
|
| Fabrianese | 100 (1-1)
| 50.0 (−585.3–685.3)
| 100
| 50.0
| — | — | — | — |
| Comisana-Sarda | 100 (1-1)
| 80.0 (24.5–135.5)
| 100
| 100
| 100
| 0
| — | — |
| Massese | 100 (1-1)
| 100 (1-1)
| — | — | — | — | 100
| 100
|
| Sopravissana | 0
| — | — | — | 0
| — | — | — |
| Comisana-Massese | 100 (1-1)
| — | 100
| — | — | — | — | — |
| Comisana-Fabrianese | 0
| — | 0 () | — | — | — | — | — |
| Comisana-Barbaresca | 100 (1-1)
| — | — | — | 100
| — | — | — |
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MC = Macerata province; AN = Ancona province.
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