Table 5

Comparison of E. equi serology and tick pasture in relation to the number of seropositive sheep flocks in Norway.

Pasture
Seropositive flocks
Seronegative flocks
Total

Ixodes-infested
32
2 *
34
Ixodes-free
0
41
41
Total
32
43
75

Yates corrected χ2 = 63.51 (p < 0.00001)

* Both flocks were grazing on pasture with an unknown distribution of I. ricinus; one flock had been prophylactically treated with synthetic pyrethroids

Stuen and Bergström Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2001 42:331   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-42-331