Table 5 Excretion levels of intestinal pathogens in positive qPCR samples from 256 nursery pigs
From: Occurrence of diarrhoea and intestinal pathogens in non-medicated nursery pigs
Intestinal pathogens | Diarrhoea | n | Min | 25 % quartile | Mean | 75 % quartile | Max | p valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. coli F4 | + | 19 | 5.74 | 6.66 | 9.59 | 13.89 | 14.55 | 0.64 |
− | 14 | 5.26 | 5.95 | 10.25 | 14.53 | 14.66 | ||
E. coli F18 | + | 17 | 3.93 | 5.23 | 8.09 | 10.66 | 13.99 | 0.66 |
− | 12 | 3.74 | 4.31 | 7.44 | 9.66 | 14.02 | ||
L. intracellularis | + | 29 | 3.27 | 3.79 | 4.87 | 5.49 | 7.21 | 0.17 |
− | 23 | 3.27 | 3.70 | 4.43 | 5.06 | 6.57 | ||
B. pilosicoli | + | 24 | 3.27 | 3.79 | 4.59 | 5.37 | 7.37 | 0.15 |
− | 19 | 3.40 | 3.81 | 4.23 | 4.58 | 5.27 |