A longitudinal study of Blastocystis in dairy calves from birth through 24 months demonstrates dynamic shifts in infection rates and subtype prevalence and diversity by age

Table 1 Logistic regression analysis comparing Blastocystis infection status (any subtype or subtype combination, zoonotic subtypes, or single subtype/subgroup infections) between pre-weaned and post-weaned and heifer age groups

	Age category	Log odds	P-value	95% CI
Blastocystis	Post-weaned	0.79	0.001^c	0.3, 1.3
Blastocystis	Heifer	3.91	9.06E−54^c	3.4, 4.4
Zoonotic subtypes^a	Post-weaned	−0.53	0.26	−1.4, 0.4
Zoonotic subtypes^a	Heifer	−0.02	0.97	−0.8, 0.8
ST10a^b	Post-weaned	1.73	0.005^c	0.5, 2.9
ST10a^b	Heifer	4.45	4.42E−14^c	3.3, 5.6
ST10b^b	Post-weaned	0.49	0.14	−0.2, 1.1
ST10b^b	Heifer	0.79	0.01^c	0.2, 1.4
ST10c^b	Post-weaned	15.90	0.98	−1334.6, 1376.5
ST10c^b	Heifer	18.92	0.98	−1341.6, 1379.5
ST10d^b	Post-weaned	17.46	0.98	−1343.1, 1378
ST10d^b	Heifer	20.95	0.98	−1339.6, 1381.5
ST10e^b	Post-weaned	14.79	0.98	−1345.8, 1375.3
ST10e^b	Heifer	19.89	0.98	−1340.7, 1380.4
ST14	Post-weaned	0.98	0.01^c	0.2, 1.7
ST14	Heifer	1.42	0.0001^c	0.7, 2.1
ST24	Post-weaned	17.46	0.98	−1343.1, 1378
ST24	Heifer	16.48	0.98	−1344.1, 1377
ST25	Post-weaned	1.69	0.11	−0.4, 3.8
ST25	Heifer	6.83	1.34E−11^c	4.9, 8.8
ST26	Post-weaned	16.28	0.98	−1344.3, 1376.8
ST26	Heifer	20.95	0.98	−1339.6, 1381.5

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