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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trop Med Int Health. 2010 May 6;15(S2):29–35. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02515.x

Table 1.

Animal ownership and keeping animals inside the house

Animal No. of owners No. owning more than 1 animal No. keeping inside house Median days/nights inside
Case (%) Control (%) Case (%) Control (%) Case (%) Control (%) Case Control
Any animal 88(62.4) 176(62.4) 41(29.1) 80(28.4) 29(20.6) 58(20.6) 175 173
 - Bovines 61(43.3) 124(44.0) 16(11.4) 35(12.4) 9(6.4) 20(7.1) 160 150
  Cow/Oxen 35(24.8) 84(29.8) 13(9.2) 28(9.9) 5(3.6) 16(5.7) 160 150
  Buffaloes 27(19.1) 48(17.0) 3(2.1) 6(2.1) 4(2.8) 4(1.4) 170 98
 - Goats 38(27.0) 66(23.4) 11(7.8) 22(7.8) 19(13.5) 28(9.9) 160 185
 - Pigs 0 1(0.4) 0 1(0.4) 0 1(0.4) 0 85
 - Dogs 1(0.7) 4(1.4) 1 (0.7) 2(0.7) 0 1(0.4) 0 145
 - Poultry 12(8.5) 21(7.5) 10(7.1) 13(4.6) 5(3.6) 13(4.6) 240 360