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Table 2 Summary of farms which could not be contacted - results of phone calls made

From: Development and validation of a protocol to identify and recruit participants into a large scale study on liver fluke in cattle

Telephone call result

Number of farms (%)

Number not valid/not connected

28 (16.2)

Wrong number – telephone call answered but not correct for farm

19 (11)

No answer

26 (15)

Answerphone

85 (49.1)

Call answered, unable to speak to proprietor and failed to make contact with farm again

15 (8.7)

Total

173