Table 2.

Prevalence of Borrelia spp. DNA in the blood samples collected from sheep and goat farms in different seasons and regions of West Azerbaijan province, Iran

Parameters	Sheep (n = 562)			Goat (n = 456)
	16SrRNA	5S - 23S rRNA	ospA	16SrRNA	5S - 23S rRNA	ospA
Genus
female	13/385 (3.37%)	8/385 (2.07%)	3/385 (0.77%)	5/364 (1.37%)	2/364 (0.54%)	2/364 (0.54%)
male	7/177 (3.95%)	4/177 (2.25%)	2/177 (1.12%)	3/92 (3.26%)	2/92 (2.17%)	1/92 (1.08%)
p -value	0.73	0.89	0.68	0.21	0.13	0.56
Age (year)
< 2	6/106 (5.66%)	3/106 (2.83%)	1/106 (0.94%)	2/113 (1.76%)	1/113 (0.88%)	1/113 (0.88%)
3 - 6	10/361 (2.77%)	7/361 (1.93%)	3/361 (0.83%)	5/256 (1.95%)	3/256 (1.17%)	1/256 (0.39%)
> 6	4/95 (4.21%)	2/95 (2.10%)	1/95 (1.05%)	1/87 (1.14%)	0/87 (0.00%)	1/87 (1.14%)
p -value	0.34	0.85	0.97	0.88	0.59	0.70
Season
Spring	7/152 (4.60%)	4/152 (2.63%)	1/152 (1.92%)	4/123 (3.25%)	2/123 (2.11%)	0/123 (0.00%)
Summer	10/143 (6.99%)	7/143 (4.89%)	3/143 (2.09%)	3/114 (2.63%)	2/114 (2.11%)	2/114 (2.11%)
Autumn	2/134 (1.49%)	1/134 (0.74%)	1/134 (0.74%)	1/107 (0.93%)	0/107 (0.00%)	1/107 (0.93%)
Winter	1/133 (0.75%)	0/133 (0.00%)	0/133 (0.00%)	0/112 (0.00%)	0/112 (0.00%)	0/112 (0.00%)
p -value	0.01*	0.02*	0.29	0.21	0.29	0.28
Region
North	10/236 (4.23%)	5/236 (2.11%)	2/236 (0.84%)	5/142 (3.52%)	2/142 (1.41%)	2/142 (1.41%)
Center	4/117 (3.41%)	3/117 (2.56%)	1/117 (0.85%)	2/122 (1.63%)	1/122 (0.81%)	0/122 (0.00%)
South	6/209 (2.87%)	4/209 (1.91%)	2/209 (0.95%)	1/192 (0.52%)	1/192 (0.52%)	1/192 (0.52%)
p -value	0.73	0.92	0.99	0.11	0.68	0.35
Total	20/562 (3.55%)	12/562 (2.13%)	5/562 (0.88%)	8/456 (1.75%)	4/456 (0.87%)	3/456 (0.65%)

* Indicates significant difference between the data at p < 0.05.