Table 3. The Experience of tick bites associated with characteristics of farms.

			Experience of tick bite (N = 151)
	Number of farms	Number of Farm workers	Yes	No/Not sure
Characteristics of farms	N = 8 N	N = 151 N	n = 91 N (%)	n = 60 N (%)	P value†
Frequency of applying acaricide
Monthly	2	50	20(40.0)	30(60.0)
Every 2months	1	15	10(66.7)	5(33.3)
Every 6 months	2	43	29(67.4)	14(32.6)	0.004*
Only when the density of ticks are high	3	43	32(74.4)	11(25.6)
Type of grazing system
Zero grazing	1	13	11(84.6)	2(15.4)
Rotational grazing	7	138	80(58.0)	58(42.0)	0.06
Type of livestock
Cattle	6	125	73(58.4)	52(41.6)
Goat	1	13	11(84.6)	2(15.4)	0.16
Sheep	1	13	7(53.8)	6(46.2)

^† Chi square test

*Association is significant at the P<0.05