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Table 4 Results of the minimum adequate survival model with significant variables associated with calf mortality

From: Mortality in East African shorthorn zebu cattle under one year: predictors of infectious-disease mortality

 

Hazard ratio

Lower CI

Upper CI

p-value

Fixed effects

Tick Control

0.51

0.27

0.96

0.036

Watering at homestead

0.35

0.18

0.67

0.001

T.parva seropositivity

0.12

0.06

0.23

< 0.001

Theileria spp. Level 1

0.67

0.34

1.32

0.25

Theileria spp. Level 2

2.43

0.74

8.03

0.14

Theileria spp. Level 3

38.85

6.62

228.02

< 0.001

Trypanosoma spp.

7.90

1.80

34.95

0.006

(Strongyle epg/1000)

1.52

1.39

1.68

< 0.001

Random effects

Group

Variable

Std Dev

Variance

 

Sub-location

Intercept

0.0199

0.0004

 
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