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Table 2 Baseline table of number of samples and batches, farm-level and within-farm results, for all farms and per farm type.

From: Repeated cross-sectional sampling of pigs at slaughter indicates varying age of hepatitis E virus infection within and between pig farms

Farm type

Variable

All farms

Conventional farms

Organic farms

High health farms

HyCare farms

Number of samples

10 515

7202

941

1182

1185

Median number of samples per batch (IQR)

6

(6–6)

6

(6–6)

6

(6–6)

6

(6–6)

6

(6–6)

Number of batches

1711

1202

158

185

166

Number of farms

208

162

20

16

10

Median number of batches per farm (IQR)

8

(6–9)

8

(6–9)

8

(8–9)

13

(9–14)

18

(13–21)

Farm-level percentage with ≥ 1 seropositive pig at slaughter

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Mean within-farm seropositive percentage (IQR)

73.6%

(66.7–87.2%)

73.8%

(66.1–87.5%)

81.4%

(76.6–87.2%)

70.2%

(40.9–86.8%)

66.8%

(60.9–75.5%)

Farm-level percentage ≥ 1 PCR positive batch at slaughter

89.4%

94.4%

15.0%

100%

100%

Mean within-farm percentages of PCR positive batches (IQR)

40.2%

(25.0–57.1%)

44.0%

(30.0–59.6%)

8.33%

(0.00–12.5%)

41.0%

(25.8–56.7%)

42.8%

(38.8–47.0%)

Percentage of farms ≥ 1 PCR−ELISA− batch

32%

29%

29%

44%

70%