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Table 2
Seroprevalence and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii in swine tested by modified agglutination test.
Factor | Classification standards | Classification standards | No. of samples | Seroprevalence (%) | Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Province | Shaanxi | – | 1867 | 1.50% | 1.005 (0.5098–2.184) | 0.8850 |
Henan | – | 703 | 1.42% | 1 | ||
Growth stages | Fattening pig | 11–20 week | 595 | 2.18% | 9.896 (0.5853–167.3) | 0.0296a,* |
Adult pig | >21 week | 1328 | 1.73% | 5.026 (1.128–22.39) | 0.0188b,* | |
Nursery pig | 5–10 week | 452 | 0.44% | 3.966 (0.9309–16.89) | 0.0442c,* | |
Suckling pig | 0–4 week | 213 | 0% | 1 | ||
Sex | Male | – | 104 | 1.92% | 1.231 (0.2837–5.344) | 0.7807 |
Female | – | 1276 | 1.57% | 1 | ||
Pregnancy | No | Replacement gilt, waiting for breeding | 292 | 3.42% | 2.172 (0.8473–5.568) | 0.0983 |
Yes | – | 498 | 1.61% | 1 | ||
Health condition | Health | – | 1821 | 1.81% | 4.889 (0.2977–80.29) | 0.1216 |
Unhealthy | Illness, loss of appetite, miscarriage | 130 | 0% | 1 | ||
Parity | Primiparous | – | 104 | 1.92% | 1.110 (0.2396–5.141) | 0.8940 |
Multiparous | – | 576 | 1.74% | 1 | ||
Sampling time | 2015–2017 | – | 2798d | 9.94% | 7.679 (5.447–10.83) | <0.0001* |
2019–2020 | This study | 2683 | 1.42% | 1 |
Note: *Statistically significant (p < 0.05).
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Data were obtained from Su et al. [16].
These samples were collected from central China and detected by MAT.
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