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Table 4 The overall status of herds in NI relative to the number of samples taken per herd over the period 2011–2013. Note, the cut-point where there were no fluke free herds was 105 animals sampled

From: Liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) infection in cattle in Northern Ireland: a large-scale epidemiological investigation utilising surveillance data

Herd status

   

Samples

    
 

1–4

5–9

10–19

20–39

40–79

80–159

>160

Total

0

4,535

709

272

93

31

5

0

5,645

%

65.78

30.36

12.97

4.70

1.62

0.32

0

30.91

1

2,359

1,626

1,825

1,887

1,878

1,560

1,485

12,620

%

34.22

69.64

87.03

95.3

98.38

99.68

100

69.09

Total

6,894

2,335

2,097

1,980

1,909

1,565

1,485

18,265