Research Article

Prevalence of Bovine Leukemia Virus Antibodies in US Dairy Cattle

Table 1

Characteristics of enrolled herds from herd records; s.d.: standard deviation; i.q.r.: interquartile range.

EastMidwestWestTotal

Herd count (n)37597103

Herd Size (cows per herd)Mean (s.d.)509.7 (509.1)558.9 (1020.5)651.3 (496.0)547.5 (836.3)
Median (i.q.r.)221.0 (560.0)241.0 (586.0)477.0 (151.0)267.0 (560.0)
Range82 – 183259 - 7453339 - 176459 -7453

Proportion HolsteinMean (s.d.)0.90 (0.20)0.96 (0.10)0.96 (0.50)0.93 (0.14)
Median (i.q.r.)0.98 (0.10)0.99 (0.03)0.99 (0.08)0.99 (0.04)
Range0.06 – 1.000.37 – 1.000.89 -1.000.06 -1.00