Table 1.

Distribution of small ruminant nematode fecal egg counts by potential risk factors.

	Variable	Range	FECa
Animal-level
Age	Less than 6 months	0 – 13000	31.5
	6 months or more	0 – 26100	22.3
De-worming	Yes	0 – 4800	6.7
	No	0 – 26100	24.6
Sex	Male	0 – 26100	24.8
	Female	0 – 18300	25.3
Birth type	Single	0 – 26100	25.7
	Twins	0 – 10000	24.1
Species	Sheep	0 – 26100	25.1
	Goats	0 – 9800	25.2
Farm-level
Grazing Supplementation	Yes	0 – 26100	24.4
	No	0 – 13000	26.8
Off-farm grazing	Yes	0 – 11800	35.8
	No	0 – 26100	22.1
Grazing system	Zero-grazing	0 – 26100	34.4
	Tethered	0 – 13000	17.3
	Free-range	0 – 9800	64.7
Anthelmintic brand	Not Known	0 – 1170	29.6
	Albendazole	0 – 2100	13.9
	Levamisole	0 – 13000	38.0
	Levamisole & Oxyclozanite	0 – 9800	12.9
Sex of farmer	Male	0 – 13000	24.2
	Female	0 – 26100	28.2
Education of farmer	No formal education	0 – 11700	68.5
	Primary School	0 – 26100	31.1
	Secondary School	0 – 4800	32.6
	Post-secondary school	0 – 7600	9.1
Area-level
AEZ	1	0 – 9500	17.8
	3	0 – 26100	33.5

^{The table shows the distribution of fecal egg counts by potential risk factors at the animal-, farm- and area- levels investigated in a study of small ruminants in smallholder farms in the Central Highlands of Kenya}

^a geometric mean fecal egg count (Eggs per gram)