Table 3.
Prevalence of coccidiosis in dairy animals of Punjab
| Variables | Number of samples (cattle) | Number of samples (buffalo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examined | Positive (%) | Examined | Positive (%) | ||
| Season | |||||
| Summer | 342 | 101 (29.53) | 331 | 123 (37.16) | |
| Rainy | 336 | 107 (31.85) | 278 | 112 (40.29) | |
| Winter | 455 | 125 (27.47) | 347 | 104 (29.97) | |
| χ2 value | – | 1.785 | – | 7.817* | |
| Agro-climatic zone | |||||
| Sub-mountain undulating | 184 | 40 (21.73) | 72 | 25 (34.72) | |
| Undulating plain | 141 | 46 (32.62) | 132 | 58 (43.93) | |
| Central plain | 483 | 186 (38.51) | 547 | 194 (35.47) | |
| Western plain | 127 | 23 (18.11) | 72 | 22 (30.56) | |
| Western | 198 | 38 (19.19) | 133 | 40 (30.08) | |
| χ2 value | – | 42.965** | – | 6.606 | |
| Total | 1133 | 333 (29.39) | 956 | 339 (35.46) | |
* P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01