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Table 5 Association of carcass outside contamination and E. coli O157: H7 status of the risk factors

From: Escherichia coli O157:H7: distribution, molecular characterization, antimicrobial resistance patterns and source of contamination of sheep and goat carcasses at an export abattoir, Mojdo, Ethiopia

Risk factors

p-value

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence interval for the Odds Ratio

Skin swab

0.999

0.928

0.868–0.991

Fecal sample

0.999

0.942

0.888–0 .999

Knife swab

1.000

0.986

0.958–1.014

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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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