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Table 6 Cluster description by categories of active and supplementary variables (Cluster 8 to 15)

From: Defining syndromes using cattle meat inspection data for syndromic surveillance purposes: a statistical approach with the 2005–2010 data from ten French slaughterhouses

Cluster

Number of condemned animals (%)

Variable category

Cla/Mod1

Mod/Cla2

Global3

|v.test|

8

9,095 (2.39%)

Other deteriorations=1

86.77

100

2.75

Inf

Kidneys=1

5.14

41.45

19.23

Inf

Heart=1

5.43

22.98

10.10

36.18

Lungs=1

4.16

31.58

18.10

31.41

Age=[8;24 months old)

3.90

33.14

20.30

28.99

9

8,993 (2.36%)

Abattoir number=10

14.42

31.80

5.20

Inf

Region=Brittany

8.78

33.66

9.05

Inf

Steatosis=1

83.91

100

2.81

Inf

Kidneys=1

4.63

37.77

19.23

Inf

Liver=1

3.07

87.87

67.52

Inf

Production type=Dairy cattle

4.03

60.18

35.27

Inf

Age=[5;10 years old)

3.31

52.51

37.37

29.47

Sex=Female

2.78

82.53

69.99

27.60

Year of slaughter=2006

4.17

22.15

12.52

25.64

10

8,461(2.22%)

Abattoir number=6

8.60

87.50

22.59

Inf

Thymus=1

98.73

18.39

0.41

Inf

Region=Brittany

8.14

33.16

9.05

Inf

Nephritis=1

8.59

29.75

7.68

Inf

Kidneys=1

6.96

60.29

19.23

Inf

Heart=1

5.92

26.95

10.10

Inf

Production type=Dairy cattle

4.33

68.75

35.27

Inf

Age=[0;8 months old)

99.83

100

2.22

Inf

Sex=Non castrated male

7.74

89.07

25.53

Inf

Whole carcass=1

7.89

12.19

3.43

35.30

11

22,690 (5.95%)

AMI abnormality=Yes

27.82

18.28

3.91

Inf

Arthritis=1

86.14

43.13

2.98

Inf

Infiltration=1

83.90

49.00

3.48

Inf

Preventive motive=1

11.88

23.93

11.99

Inf

Udder=1

15.82

14.05

5.29

Inf

Part of the carcass=1

46.09

99.21

12.81

Inf

Age=≥10 years old

9.94

21.87

13.10

37.60

12

7,383 (1.94%)

Myopathy=1

94.90

100

2.04

Inf

Part of the carcass=1

15.07

99.70

12.81

Inf

Sex=Female

2.44

88.01

69.99

37.07

AMI abnormality=Yes

5.30

10.70

3.91

25.32

Abattoir number=6

2.94

34.27

22.59

23.07

Abattoir number=8

4.47

11.40

4.94

22.34

13

8,778 (2.30%)

Abattoir number=9

6.47

36.61

13.03

Inf

Region=Pays de la Loire

5.41

35.00

14.89

Inf

Bronchopneumonia=1

65.30

100

3.53

Inf

Lungs=1

12.70

99.81

18.10

Inf

Age=[8;24 months old)

5.90

52.01

20.30

Inf

Sex=Non castrated male

4.99

55.30

25.53

Inf

14

7,944 (2.08%)

Abattoir number=9

10.58

66.16

13.03

Inf

Region=Poitou-Charentes

12.83

13.03

2.12

Inf

Region=Aquitaine

19.58

17.79

1.89

Inf

Lung emphysema=1

94.21

100

2.21

Inf

Lungs=1

11.52

100

18.10

Inf

Production type=Dairy cattle

4.22

71.44

35.27

Inf

Sex=Female

2.60

87.41

69.99

37.05

Age=[5;10 years old)

3.07

55.06

37.37

32.28

15

5,452 (1.43%)

AMI abnormality=Yes

11.05

30.21

3.91

Inf

Meat with abnormal maturation=1

98.09

100

1.46

Inf

Whole carcass=1

41.62

99.82

3.43

Inf

Viscera=1

6.57

69.04

15.03

Inf

Tongue=1

27.49

74.25

3.86

Inf

Head=1

13.63

75.00

7.87

Inf

Kidneys=1

5.70

76.61

19.23

Inf

Lungs=1

5.63

71.20

18.10

Inf

Udder=1

16.59

61.34

5.29

Inf

Heart=1

10.86

76.71

10.10

Inf

Sex=Female

1.80

88.08

69.99

31.91

  1. 1 Proportion of cattle that had the variable category and were in the cluster e.g. 15.39% of cattle that had a bronchopneumonia lesion in the whole population were in the cluster 2.
  2. 2 Proportion of cattle in the cluster that had the variable category e.g. 28.68% of cattle in the cluster 2 had a bronchopneumonia lesion.
  3. 3 Proportion of cattle in the global population that had the variable category e.g. 3.53% of the whole population had a bronchopneumonia lesion.
  4. Categories of supplementary variables are underlined. Categories are presented according to decreasing absolute value of v-test. Inf= infinite, AMI= Ante-Mortem Inspection.
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