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. 2013 Apr-Jun;8(2):289–295.

Table 3.

Association between the presence of piroplasms in goats and sheep and the studied parameters describing animal characteristics. Parasite positive and negative % is mentioned in parenthesis

Animal Type Parameters No. of Samples Piroplasm positive n (%) Piroplasm negative n (%) *P-value
Sheep and Goat Sex Male 81 19 (23) 62 (77) 0.03
Female 115 13 (11) 102 (89)
Age > 1 Year 28 4 (14) 24 (86) 1.0
< 1 Year 168 28 (17) 140 (83)
Ticks on animals Absent 142 18 (13) 124 (87) 0.03
Present 54 14 (26) 40 (74)
*

Probability of Fisher Exact test is mentioned for each parameter (Significant: P < 0.05)