Table 5 Farmer estimated prevalence of lameness by time to treatment and decisions to catch lame sheep IQR = interquartile range
Locomotion Score | Time to treatment | Farmer decision to catch lame sheep | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First lame sheep in group | 2 – 5 lame sheep in the group | 6 – 10 lame sheep in the group | > 10 lame sheep in the group | Total | |||||||
Median lameness (IQR) | N | Median lameness (IQR) | N | Median lameness (IQR) | N | Median lameness (IQR) | N | Median lameness (IQR) | N | ||
Score 2 | Treat first day | 2 (1 – 5) | 21 | 3 (1 – 6) | 2 | 2 (1–5) | 23 | ||||
Treat ≤ 3 days | 5 (2 – 7) | 27 | 5 (4 – 10) | 18 | 15 (5 – 20) | 3 | 5 (3–10) | 48 | |||
Treat ≤ 7 days | 7 (4 – 15) | 8 | 10 (10 – 15) | 20 | 15 (10 – 20) | 9 | 15 (15 – 15) | 1 | 10 (8–15) | 38 | |
Treat only at routine gatherings | 10 (8 – 20) | 7 | 10 (6 – 15) | 7 | 15 (15 – 20) | 5 | 15 (10–15) | 19 | |||
Total | 5 (2–6) | 56 | 10 (5–10) | 47 | 10 (10–15) | 19 | 15 (15–23) | 6 | |||
Score 3 | Treat first day | 2 (1 – 6) | 25 | 2 (1–6) | 25 | ||||||
Treat ≤ 3 days | 5 (5 – 8) | 33 | 5 (5 – 10) | 16 | 15 (15 – 15) | 1 | 5 (3–10) | 50 | |||
Treat ≤ 7 days | 10 (5 – 15) | 13 | 10 (8 – 15) | 27 | 10 (10 – 15) | 3 | 10 (5–15) | 43 | |||
Treat only at routine gatherings | 6 (6 – 6) | 1 | 10 (8 – 15) | 8 | 15 (10 – 15) | 9 | 15 (15 – 23) | 3 | 15 (10–15) | 21 | |
Total | 5 (2–10) | 72 | 10 (5–15) | 51 | 15 (10–15) | 13 | 15 (15–23) | 3 | |||
Score 4 | Treat first day | 2 (1 – 5) | 26 | 2 (1–5) | 26 | ||||||
Treat ≤ 3 days | 5 (4 – 10) | 50 | 4 (4 – 15) | 3 | 5 (4–10) | 53 | |||||
Treat ≤ 7 days | 10 (5 – 15) | 29 | 10 (8 – 15) | 13 | 10 (5–15) | 42 | |||||
Treat only at routine gatherings | 10 (10 – 10) | 10 | 15 (15 – 20) | 9 | 15 (10–15) | 19 | |||||
Total | 5 (3–10) | 115 | 15 (8–15) | 25 | |||||||