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. 2015 Apr 5;2015:216085. doi: 10.1155/2015/216085

Table 2.

Prevalence (%) of ectoparasites in sheep (n = 304) with sex, age, and body condition.

Ectoparasites Sex P value Age P value Body condition P value
Male (n = 87) Female (n = 217) Young (n = 26) Adult (n = 278) Poor (n = 253) Good (n = 51)
Lice 13 (14.9%) 57 (26.3%) 0.034 7 (26.9%) 63 (22.7%) >0.05 63 (24.5%) 7 (13.7%) >0.05
Tick 29 (33.3%) 40 (18.4%) <0.01 15 (57.7%) 54 (19.4%) <0.001 62 (24.5%) 7 (13.7%) >0.05
Demodex spp. 1 (1.1%) 1 (0.5%) >0.05 1 (3.8%) 1 (0.4%) >0.05 2 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%) >0.05
Ctenocephalides spp. 12 (13.8%) 20 (9.2%) >0.05 3 (11.5%) 29 (10.4%) >0.05 32 (12.6%) 0 (0.0%) <0.01
Melophagus ovinus 13 (14.9%) 15 (6.9%) 0.029 9 (34.6%) 19 (6.8%) <0.001 28 (11.1%) 0 (0.0%) <0.01

Overall prevalence 56 (64.4%) 89 (41%) <0.001 18 (69.2%) 127 (45.7%) 0.022 122 (48.2%) 23 (45.1%) >0.05