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Table 4 Cohen’s kappa statistics of pairwise comparisons of diagnostic tests for F. hepatica infection in animals (n = 45) that were slaughtered 7 to 60 days after the last sampling date during the study period

From: Patterns of Fasciola hepatica infection in Danish dairy cattle: implications for on-farm control of the parasite based on different diagnostic methods

 

Test positives

Cohen’s kappa pairwise comparison

Serum ELISAa

Copro-antigen ELISA

FEC

Liver inspection

22.2% (10/45)

0.287

0.245

0.267

Serum ELISAa

41.9% (18/43)

–

0.751

0.538

Copro-antigen ELISA

28.9% (13/45)

–

–

0.762

FEC

20% (9/45)

–

–

–

  1. a2 missing values (n = 43)