Mean effective sensitivity for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in cattle herds

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Table 2 Distributions of the mean effective sensitivity (MES) of the ID Screen® Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis-specific antibody ELISA

Population	Mean	Min	P5	Q1	Median	Q3	P95	Max
1	0.32	0.001	0.08	0.30	0.34	0.38	0.49	0.79
2	0.57	0.27	0.32	0.57	0.60	0.61	0.65	0.79
3	0.60	0.27	0.56	0.58	0.60	0.61	0.64	0.71
4	0.27	0.001	0.01	0.23	0.30	0.34	0.45	0.79
5	0.35	0.001	0.19	0.29	0.33	0.38	0.60	0.79
6	0.64	0.28	0.46	0.61	0.65	0.69	0.75	0.79

Dairy herds: Group 1 = all cattle; Group 2 = all cattle > 2 years; Group 3 = all cattle above 2 years of age in the control programme
Non-dairy herds: Group 4 = all cattle in herds with at least 25 animals; Group 5 = all cattle in herds with at least 25 animals that were above 2 years of age; Group 6 = all cattle at least 2 years of age in herds with more than 25 animals that were at least 2 years of age

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