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Table 5 Number of diseases cattle herds were positive to

From: Biosecurity aspects of cattle production in Western Uganda, and associations with seroprevalence of brucellosis, salmonellosis and bovine viral diarrhoea

Number of ELISA tests for which the herd had a positive test result *

Kabarole

n (%)

Kamwenge

n (%)

Kasese

n (%)

Total

n (%)

0

22 (40.0)

13 (26.5)

11 (27.5)

46 (31.9)

1

28 (50.9)

26 (53.1)

12 (30.0)

66 (45.8)

2

4 (7.3)

8 (16.3)

15 (37.5)

27 (18.8)

3

1 (1.8)

2 (4.1)

2 (5.0)

5 (3.5)

  1. * Difference between districts tested with two-sided Fisher’s exact test; p < 0.007
  2. Frequency and prevalence of herds that were sero-positive (at least one individual with a positive test result) to none, one or several of brucella, salmonella or BVD in each study district. The study was performed in cattle herds in Western Uganda in 2015