Table 2 Apparent seropositivity to T. gondii at state-level for primiparous ewes mated as ewe lambs (approximately one-year-old at sampling) or yearlings (approximately two-years old at sampling) and mature multiparous ewes (aged 3 years or older) from 28 Australian farms

From: Toxoplasma gondii is not an important contributor to poor reproductive performance of primiparous ewes from southern Australia: a prospective cohort study

State^	Ewe lambs		Yearlings		Mature ewes
State^	Sampled (n)	Seropositive (n (%))	Sampled (n)	Seropositive (n (%))	Sampled (n)	Seropositive (n (%))
WA	338	2 (0.6)^a	160	3 (1.9)^a	200	5 (2.5)^a
SA	221	2 (0.9)^a	160	2 (1.3)^a	178	17 (9.6)^b
VIC	280	3 (1.1)^a	120	2 (1.7)^a	180	23 (12.8)^b

^SA: South Australia; WA: Western Australia; VIC: Victoria.
^ab Apparent seropositivity proportions (%) within columns with different superscripts are significantly different (two sample proportion z-test (two-tailed) P < 0.05)

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