Table 2 Within-group and total frequencies of answers and results of testing boot-swabs for Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis genome
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
‘Informed sceptics’ | ‘Deniers’ | ‘Affected supporters’ | ‘Free supporters’ | |||
Count | 44 | 37 | 46 | 98 | 225 | |
% | % | % | % | % | ||
State | Saxony | 38.6 | 54.1 | 50.0 | 49.0 | 48.0 |
Thuringia | 61.4 | 45.9 | 50.0 | 51.0 | 52.0 | |
Herd type | Dairy cows | 70.5 | 73.0 | 80.4 | 62.2 | 69.0 |
Suckler cows | 18.2 | 10.8 | 8.7 | 26.5 | 9.8 | |
Mixed | 9.1 | 13.5 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 18.7 | |
Missing answer | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | |
Herd size a | ≤ 10 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 4.4 |
11–100 | 15.9 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 25.5 | 18.2 | |
101–500 | 47.7 | 43.2 | 32.6 | 45.9 | 43.1 | |
> 500 | 31.8 | 35.1 | 56.5 | 19.4 | 32.0 | |
Missing answer | 0.0 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | |
Paratuberculosis has been known for... a | Today | 4.5 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 |
The recent year | 6.8 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 7.6 | |
≤ five years | 29.5 | 21.6 | 13.0 | 30.6 | 25.5 | |
> five years | 59.1 | 67.6 | 84.8 | 54.1 | 63.6 | |
Missing answer | 0.0 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | |
Enrolmenta | Yes | 2.3 | 18.9 | 54.3 | 15.3 | 32.2 |
No | 88.6 | 62.2 | 37.0 | 73.5 | 67.7 | |
Missing answer | 9.1 | 18.9 | 8.7 | 11.2 | 11.6 | |
Boot-swab result a | MAP-positive | 15.9 | 51.4 | 52.2 | 17.3 | 3.1 |
MAP-negative | 79.5 | 43.2 | 47.8 | 79.6 | 29.8 | |
Not evaluable | 4.5 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 67.1 |