Table 1.
Association between the presence (PCR-positive and negative blood samples) of T. lestoquardi infection in goats and the studied parameters describing animal and flock characteristics. The data within the parentheses are presented as percentage
| Parameters | Total |
Flock size
|
Gender
|
Age
|
No. of tick burden
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-100 | > 100 | Male | Female | < 1 year | ≥ 1 year | No tick | ≥ one Tick | ||
| Number | 400 | 320 | 80 | 100 | 300 | 125 | 275 | 315 | 85 |
| Negative | 375 (93.75) | 307 (96.00) | 681 (85.00) | 94 (94.00) | 281 (93.70) | 114 (91.20) | 261 (94.90) | 305 (96.80) | 70 (82.00) |
| Positive | 25 (6.25) | 13 (4.00) | 12 (5.00) | 6 (6.00) | 19 (6.30) | 11 (8.80) | 14 (5.10) | 10 (3.2.00) | 15 (17.00) |
| P(F) | 0.09 (NS) | 0.41 (NS) | 1.00 (NS) | 0.003 | |||||
P(F): Fisher's exact test; NS: Not significant.