Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the study population (2 weeks after initial treatment).
| Prevalence indicators | Regimen | RAP status | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | no RAP (1 &5) | RAP (2–4) | |
| A) Infection status 9 months before treatment and 2 weeks after initial treatment | |||||||
| Cattle (n) | 408 | 317 | 467 | 433 | 356 | 764 | 1217 |
| Villages (n) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Prevalence before treatment [%]* ¶ | 27 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 23 |
| Prevalence after treatment [%]¶ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| B) Demographic characteristics | |||||||
| Population attributes | n (% Within group) | ||||||
| i) Sex [n (%)] | |||||||
| Male | 175 (43%) | 109 (34%) | 165 (35%) | 176 (41%) | 144 (40%) | 319 (42%) | 451 (37%) |
| Female | 192 (47%) | 193 (60%) | 269 (58%) | 226 (52%) | 197 (55%) | 56 (7%) | 81 (7%) |
| Neutered | 41 (10%) | 18 (6%) | 33 (7%) | 30 (7%) | 15 (5%) | 389 (51%) | 685 (56%) |
| ii) Breed [n (%)] | |||||||
| Boran×African short horn Zebu (Nkedi); | 394 (97%) | 295 (93%) | 450 (96%) | 424 (98%) | 355(100%) | 749 (98%) | 1169 (96%) |
| Boran×Holstein Friesian | 8 (2%) | 21 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (1%) | 1 (0%) | 9 (1%) | 24 (2%) |
| African short horn Zebu (Nkedi) | 6 (1%) | 1 (0%) | 17 (4%) | 6 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (1%) | 24 (2%) |
| iii) Age [n (%)] | |||||||
| 0–1 years | 47 (12%) | 39 (12%) | 35 (7%) | 72 (17%) | 70 (20%) | 117 (15%) | 146 (12%) |
| 1.1–3 years | 189 (46%) | 153 (48%) | 188 (40%) | 151 (35%) | 119 (33%) | 308 (40%) | 492 (40%) |
| >3.1 years | 172 (42%) | 125 (39%) | 244 (52%) | 210 (48%) | 167 (47%) | 339 (44%) | 579 (48%) |
* Determined 9 months before treatment (n = 321, 430, 572, 576, 509),
¶
Infected with either T.vivax. T.b.brucei, T.b.rhodesiense and T.c. savannah.