Table 5 Comparison tests for the effect of MAP infection status on daily milk production. P-values are Tukey contrasts for multiple comparison
Comparison | Difference | SE | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Significant differences | |||
High latent vs negative 2–0 | − 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.004 |
Moderate shedding vs negative 3–0 | − 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.036 |
High shedding vs negative 4–0 | − 0.20 | 0.04 | < 0.001 |
Moderate latent vs high shedding 1–4 | + 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.002 |
High latent vs high shedding 2–4 | + 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.050 |
Non-significant differences | |||
Moderate latent vs negative 1–0 | −0.03 | 0.02 | 0.136 |
Moderate latent vs high latent 1–2 | + 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.679 |
Moderate latent vs moderate shedding 1–3 | + 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.890 |
Moderate shedding vs high shedding 3–4 | + 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.194 |
High latent vs moderate shedding 2–3 | −0.00 | 0.05 | 1.000 |