Risk factors for Salmonella Dublin on dairy farms in Ontario, Canada
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Abstract
Salmonella Dublin is an emerging pathogen on dairy farms in Canada. In Ontario, Salmonella Dublin has been increasingly isolated from diagnostic laboratory samples. The objective of this observational cross-sectional study was to identify management practices associated with herd positivity for Salmonella Dublin. A convenience sample of 100 dairy farms was visited in Ontario, Canada, from April to August 2022. Farms were visited once to collect blood samples from 20 heifers between 4 and 24 mo old, sample bulk tank milk, and administer an in-person questionnaire on management practices. An additional bulk tank milk sample was collected before the visit by milk transporters. All bulk tank and serum samples underwent ELISA testing to determine Salmonella Dublin positivity (≥35% positivity on ELISA). Of the 1,990 heifers sampled, 44 (2.2%) animals were seropositive for Salmonella Dublin. At least one seropositive heifer was identified on 24% of participating farms. Based on the bulk tank milk samples collected during both sampling periods, 4% of farms were positive for Salmonella Dublin. Overall, of the 100 farms visited, 25% were classified as Salmonella Dublin positive, meaning at least one serum or bulk tank sample was interpreted as positive. A multivariable logistic regression model identified 5 factors associated with herd-level positivity for Salmonella Dublin. Specifically, introducing purchased animals within the last 2 years increased the likelihood that farms were positive for Salmonella Dublin (odds ratio [OR] = 4.6). Farms that had at least one animal leave the premises for a cattle show, embryo collection center, or loan to another farm and return within the last 2 years were also at a higher risk for Salmonella Dublin (OR = 4.9). Farms that removed manure from the surface of bedding in calving pens twice per month or after every calving were at greater risk for Salmonella Dublin than farms that removed manure less frequently (OR = 8.5). Farms that added bedding material to calving areas once or twice weekly were at lower risk for Salmonella Dublin compared with farms that added bedding less than once weekly (OR = 0.1). In addition, farms that kept 3 cows or less per pen in the calving area were at lower risk for Salmonella Dublin. Test positivity for Salmonella Dublin among Ontario dairy farms sampled is high, and dairy producers should consider avoiding management practices that are associated with an increased risk of Salmonella Dublin infection.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".