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From: Associations between hair trace mineral concentrations and the occurrence of treponeme-associated hoof disease in elk (Cervus canadensis)

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Distributions of mineral concentrations and univariate odds ratios with respect to treponeme-associated hoof disease (TAHD) diagnosis. Split violin plots show distributions of mineral concentrations (μg/g) scaled specific to the 13 elements (panel labels) assessed in hair analyses in elk while overlaid colored points represent raw data for each disease status: TAHD negative (gray colors) and positive (red colors). Univariate logistic regressions generated simple odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for minerals. Boxplots at the peaks of violin plots show the median and 25th and 75th interquartile ranges while black dots represent outliers. Of trace minerals relevant to hoof health, we noted two outlier values in selenium and cobalt. Arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, lead, and molybdenum values were below reporting limits; values shown are rescaled (see Methods: Data pre-processing section). Raw values for all minerals are in a data repository [23]

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