Table 2 Evolution of TB incidence risk (IR) in BCG vaccinated goats from farms throughout the study.

From: Long-term efficacy of BCG vaccination in goat herds with a high prevalence of tuberculosis

Farm

M0-M6

M6-M12

M12-M24

M24-M36

TB + 

Totala

IR (%)

TB + 

Total

IR (%)

TB + 

Total

IR (%)

TB + 

Total

IR (%)

1

6

109

6

5

131

4

2

106

2

4

120

3

2

55

360

15

21

454

5

42

369

11

49

576

9

3

23

121

19

53

183

29

32

116

28

27

247

11

4

2

255

1

24

244

10

73

188

39

87

330

26

5

28

90

31

8

53

15

8

38

21

6

88

7

  1. aTotal of susceptible animals was calculated by the addition of the new vaccinated goat kids minus the half of the number of vaccinated animals that died or were slaughtered between sampling time points (we assumed that they were present a half of the period).
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