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Table 5 Incidence rates (IRs) estimated by a Poisson model for clinical mastitis (CM) cases as registered in four Nordic countries’ national common disease databases (CoDDs) for cattle, and recorded by farmers, with excess cases in the CoDDs added (adjusted FRD)

From: Completeness of the disease recording systems for dairy cows in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden with special reference to clinical mastitis

IR (95% CI) – cases per 100 cow-years

Denmark

Finland

Norway

Sweden

CoDD

39.4 (35.4; 43.9)

19.3 (16.4; 22.8)

23.2 (19.8; 27.3)

17.5 (14.9; 20.6)

Adjusted FRD; all cases

46.9 (41.7; 52.7)

38.6 (34.2; 43.5)

31.3 (27.2; 35.9)

26.2 (23.2; 29.6)

Adjusted FRD; veterinary- visited cases

42.1 (37.4; 47.5)

34.7 (30.6; 39.4)

28.1 (24.3; 32.6)

22.6 (19.7; 25.8)

  1. The study was carried out during two 2-month periods in 2008.
  2. CI = confidence interval. FRD = farmer-recorded data.