Table 4 Risk of TB infection per batch during the first year in contact with the TB positive herd.

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

Comparisons between batches

Risk Estimate1

B-0 versus B-06

0.927 (± 0.186)a

B-0 versus B-12

19.78 (± 323.87)

B-0 versus B-24

1.89 (± 0.299)b

B-0 versus B-36

1.61 (± 0.219)b

  1. 1Risk estimate coefficient of TB infection (± SE) between batches in farms 1, 2, 3 and 5, determined by a generalized mixed-effect model with post hoc Tukey comparisons between batches. a P = 0.0001, bP < 0.0001.