Table 1. Characteristics of farms (N = 8).

	Farm 1	Farm 2	Farm 3	Farm 4	Farm 5	Farm 6	Farm 7	Farm 8	p value
Location of farm	Southern part	Southern part	Northern part	Central part	Southern part	Northern part	East coast	Central part	-
Type of livestock
	Cattle	Cattle	Sheep	Cattle	Goat	Cattle	Cattle	Cattle	-
Type of grazing system
	Rotation	Rotation	Rotation	Rotation	Zero grazing	Rotation	Rotation	Rotation	-
Frequency of applying acaricides
	Monthly	Every 6 months	Only when ticks’ density is high	Every 6 months	Only when ticks’ density is high	Only when ticks’ density is high	Monthly	Every 2 months	-
No. of farmworkers
	N = 41	N = 36	N = 18	N = 23	N = 18	N = 24	N = 28	N = 21	-
Response rate (%)
	71.4	72.2	72.2	73.9	72.2	70.8	71.4	71.4	-
Farmworkers’ experience of tick bites, n (%)
	8(26.7%)	16(61.5)	7(53.8)	13(76.5)	11(84.6)	14(82.4)	12(60.0)	10(66.7)	0.002‡**
Farmworkers’ knowledge mean (SD)†
	13.1(2.8)	14.3(4.1)	13.2(3.7)	13.4(2.8)	14.1(2.2)	14.2(3.0)	13.5(3.3)	13.1(3.2)	0.84¶
Prevention practice mean (SD)††
	7.8(3.7)	7.6(3.3)	9.5(3.4)	8.2(2.1)	9.6(3.4)	7.2(1.9)	10.0(2.4)	7.0(2.1)	0.01¶*

^†Total knowledge score (0–20 items score), Mean = 13.6 (SD±3.2)

^††Total preventive practices score (0–15 items score), Mean = 8.27 (SD±3.09)

^‡Chi square test.

^¶ One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)

Association is significant at the **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05.