Urine shedding patterns of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in dairy cows

Table 3 Negative binomial final model for pathogenic leptospire urine elimination load (GE/mL) obtained from dairy cattle in southern Chile.

Variable	Category	Estimation	95% CI	p-value
Shedding pattern	NP	0.188	0.050; 0.868	0.019
	SP	0.241	0.062; 0.947	0.024
	HP	Ref.
	I	0.483	0.168; 1.231	0.125
	MP	0.703	0.243; 1.809	0.447
Vaccination status	Non vaccinated	Ref.
	Vaccinated	1.353	0.589; 2.863	0.422

NP: not persistent SP: short persistent (< 90 days); HP: high persistent (> 90 days); I: intermittent; MP: multiple pattern; \(\theta\)= 0.4473; AIC = 4372.1; BIC = 4410.9.

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