Table 3.
Prevalence of Brucellosis in goats per different age groups in Northern part of Kaduna State.
| LGA | Age range (yrs) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 | 1–3 | >3 | ||||||||||
| Tested | Positive (%) | Tested | Positive (%) | Tested | Positive (%) | |||||||
| RBPT | SAT-EDTA | LFA | RBPT |
SAT-EDTA | LFA | RBPT | SAT-EDTA | LFA | ||||
| Ikara | 2 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 44 | 6 (13.6) | 5 (11.4) | 3 (7.0) | 37 | 14 (37.8) | 8 (22.0) | 1 (2.7) |
| Makarfi | 0 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 95 | 22 (21.2) | 6 (6.3) | 1 (1.1) | 98 | 33 (34.0) | 8 (8.2) | 2 (2.0) |
| Sabon Gari | 5 | 3 (60.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 36 | 8 (22.2) | 1 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 15 | 2 (13.3) | 1 (7.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Soba | 13 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 83 | 14 (17.0) | 15 (18.1) | 5 (6.0) | 14 | 7 (50.0) | 8 (57.1) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Total | 20 | 3 (15.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 258 | 50 (19.4) | 27 (10.5) | 9 (3.5) | 164 | 56 (34.2) | 25 (15.2) | 3 (1.8) |
RBPT: Rose Bengal plate test.
SAT-EDTA: serum agglutination test with ethylene diaminotetra acetic acid.
LFA: lateral flow assay.
LGA: Local Government Area.