Table 1.

Prevalence of Cryptosporidium species and G. duodenalis in lambs by study site, sex and age group in Oromia Special Zone, central Ethiopia (January–June, 2014)

Parameters	Samples examined (N = 389)	Parasites studied
		Cryptosporidium			G. duodenalis
		No. of samples positives n (%)	χ2	p value	No. of samples positives n (%)	χ2	p value
Study Site
Holetta	103	2 (1.9)			4 (3.9)
Sendafa	158	2 (1.3)	5.285	0.071	4 (2.5)	1.229	0.542
Chancho	128	4 (3.1)			2 (1.6)
Sex
Male	188	3 (1.6)	0.383	0.536	2 (1.1)	3.298	0.069
Female	201	5 (2.5)			8 (4.0)
Age group
<5 weeks	90	3 (3.3)			0 (0.0)
5–8 weeks	163	3 (1.8)	0.998	0.607	5 (3.1)	3.199	0.202
>8 weeks	136	2 (1.5)			5 (3.7)

Key: χ2 and p values compare the prevalence between sex, age and breed groups in calves