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Table 1 Data (median and interquartile range or proportion) of the 18,056 herd-tests performed on 1,734 herds included in the tuberculosis eradication campaigns in the Autonomous Community of Madrid in 1997–2009

From: Eradication of bovine tuberculosis at a herd-level in Madrid, Spain: study of within-herd transmission dynamics over a 12 year period

 

Beef

Dairy

Bullfighting

Total

Study population

    

Number of herds tested per year

971 (844–1030)

156 (142–162)

75 (60–86)

1193 (1068–1262)

Number of tests/year

1065 (975–1142)

182 (178–233)

85 (67–109)

1333 (1232–1435)

Number of animals tested/round

25 (13–49)

53 (23–105)

74 (33–141)

29 (14–60)

Days between tests (non-bTB)

355 (217–372)

337 (206–376)

328 (203–383)

351 (215–372)

bTB data

    

% positive herds

22.2

50.3

25.2

25.6

% recurrently infected herds

6.8

34

13.9

13.5

% of outbreaks in OTF farms

29.7

47.2

31.7

38.8

Number of animals tested/round

40 (19–76)

69 (36–131)

89 (53–141)

25 (51–98)

Number of reactors/positive test

2 (1–4)

4.5 (2–11)

3 (1–7.7)

2 (1–6)

Number of outbreaks

330

144

41

515

Number of positive tests/outbreak

1 (1–2)

1 (1–3)

1 (1–2.5)

1 (1–2)

Number of reactors/outbreak

2 (1–5)

5 (2–18)

4 (1–10.5)

3 (1–7)

Number of testing rounds for achievement of OTF status

2 (2–3)

2 (2–4)

2 (2–3)

2 (2–3)

β (test) (median)

2.3 (1.5–4.5)

4.7 (2.2–9.2)

2.2 (1.5–4.5)

2.9 (1.6–6)

β (skin test) (median)

1.94 (1.3–3.1)

4.2 (2–8.4)

2.1 (1.2–3.2)

2.4 (1.5–4.9)

β (skin test + IFN-γ assay) (median)

5.7 (4.4–7.2)

6.4 (4.5–10.5)

4.9 (2.1–6.7)

5.8 (4.4–7.5)

β (herd) (median)*

2.3 (1.5–3.6)

4.3 (2.4–6.3)

2 (1.5–3.5)

2.6 (1.6–4.3)

  1. *After removal of outliers.