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Table 4 Effects of disease severity and bacterial counts on the transmission rate of A. pleuropneumoniae 1536

From: Association between transmission rate and disease severity for Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection in pigs

Model

Intercept

Log10(CFUs + 1) Tonsil

Log10(CFUs + 1) Nasal

AvgCS

AICc

1

−2.3 (−3.3; -1.5)

X

X

X

28.10

2

−4.0 (−7.8; -1.9)

0.35 (−0.04; 0.93)

X

X

27.39

3

−3.9 (−7.7; -2.0)

X

0.44 (−0.01; 1.17)

X

26.76

4

−2.1 (−4.0; -0.6)

X

X

−0.22 (−2.19; 1.40)

30.27

5

−4.1 (−8.0; -2.0)

0.11 (−0.44; 0.91)

0.34 (−0.36; 1.27)

X

29.01

6

−4.8 (−11.3; -1.6)

0.82 (0.10; 2.24)

X

−1.95 (−5.08; 0.16)

26.93

7

−4.3 (−11.5; -1.4)

X

1.07 (0.25; 3.06)

−2.48 (−5.80; -0.16)

24. 69

8

−5.0 (−12.6; -1.5)

0.31 (−0.21; 1.67)

0.88 (−0.10; 2.92)

−2.67 (−5.95; -0.30)

26.60

  1. Model evaluation for estimation of the effects on the transmission rate, using a Generalized Linear Model with complementary log-log link. Effect estimators are given with the 95% confidence interval.