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Table 6 Outcomes from three multivariable logit models relating the risk of cattle herd exhibiting high severity fluke infection for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively

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

Logit

 

2011

N = 2,472

2012

N = 2,408

2013

N = 2,500

Predictor

 

OR

Sig.

OR

Sig.

OR

Sig.

Abattoir

0

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

1

10.790

***

9.231

***

16.595

***

 

2

5.021

***

4.735

***

2.720

***

 

3

8.209

***

4.551

***

11.665

***

 

4

0.221

***

0.093

***

0.195

***

 

5

0.483

**

0.419

**

0.397

***

 

6

1.438

 

0.894

 

1.054

 
 

7

3.725

***

6.927

***

15.264

***

Rain days

mean_rain

  

1.536

***

  

SD Rain days

sd_rain

    

0.513

*

Max. temp.

maxtemp

  

1.573

*

  

Min. temp.

mintemp

0.630

***

  

0.574

***

Humidity

humidity

    

0.701

*

Herd type

Beef breeding

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Beef fattening

0.713

*

0.950

 

0.736

 
 

Beef rearing

0.943

 

0.684

 

0.814

 
 

Dairy

1.651

***

2.185

***

1.062

 
 

Other

1.102

 

1.197

 

0.544

***

Region

Armagh

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Ballymena

1.810

*

6.192

***

5.069

***

 

Coleraine

1.191

 

2.367

***

3.333

***

 

Derry

0.832

 

1.158

 

1.423

 
 

Dungannon

1.274

 

2.066

**

1.021

 
 

Enniskillen

1.602

 

1.566

 

1.850

 
 

Larne

0.910

 

3.390

***

3.948

***

 

Newry

1.043

 

1.526

 

1.194

 
 

Newtownards

1.142

 

1.629

*

2.136

***

 

Omagh

0.699

 

1.136

 

1.830

 
  1. Significance (Sig.): * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001