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. 2015 May 24;11:122. doi: 10.1186/s12917-015-0433-6

Table 4.

Prevalence (%) of mites in sheep and goat according to age group

	Sheep^a				Goats^b
	Adult (n = 976)		Young (n = 304)		Adult (n = 902)		Young (n = 362)
Mites spp.	No. positive	Prevalence (%)	No. positive	Prevalence (%)	No. positive	Prevalence (%)	No. positive	Prevalence (%)
Sarcoptes*	32	3.3	17	5.6	99	10.9	31	8.6
Demodex**	14	1.4	13	4.3	21	2.3	15	4.1
Psoroptes***	20	2.0	1	0.3	7	0.8	1	0.3
Overall	65	6.8	31	10.2	127	14.1	47	13.0

^a *OR = 2.1 p =0.034 0.05; ^b *O R = 0.8 p =0.5

**OR = 3.25 P=0.004; **OR = 2.2 P=0.02

***OR = 0.163 P = 0.07; ***OR = 0.33 P= 0.31