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Table 1 Association between several independent variables (calendar month, year and milk purchaser) and SCC exceedance (> 400,000 cells/mL) using logistic regression, among supplying herds during 2019 and 2020

From: Prescribing and sales of intramammary antimicrobials in Ireland in 2019 and 2020: the role of milk purchasers

Variable

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

Month

 January

7.58

6.87—8.36

 February

4.42

4.02—4.85

 March

2.18

1.97—2.41

 May

0.75

0.66—0.85

 June

0.94

0.83—1.06

 July

1.10

0.98—1.24

 August

1.25

1.11—1.39

 September

1.06

0.94—1.19

 October

2.11

1.91—2.34

 November

7.02

6.41—7.68

 December

10.72

9.80—11.74

Year (2020)

0.87

0.84—0.90

Milk purchaser

 A

4.02

3.27—4.94

 C

1.03

0.71—1.49

 D

3.49

2.52—4.83

 E

4.65

3.75—5.77

 F

3.51

2.87—4.30

 G

1.92

1.54—2.39

 H

2.13

1.74—2.61

 I

5.09

4.16—6.22

 J

2.30

1.82—2.91

 K

4.21

3.40—5.22

  1. The referent categories include milk purchaser B, 2019 and April