Influencing factors on <i>C</i>. <i>pecorum</i> prevalence.

Shown is the comparison of the (A) age and (B) weight between C. pecorum-negative and C. pecorum-positive bovines investigated in this study (mean ± standard deviation). (C) The graph compares the prevalence between self-reared and purchased beef cattle during the five sampling timepoints. Significant differences were represented with asterisks: Three asterisks (***) represent p-values <0.001, two asterisks (**) represent p-values <0.01 and one (*) represents p-values between 0.01 and 0.05. Non-significant values were labeled with ns.