Table 3.
The association of prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia along with selected predictors in meta-regression model (R2 = 40.9%, n = 114).
| Variables | Category/Range | Prev.(95%CI) | #Reports | Coeff | *p value | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | 7–14314 | 114 | −0.00007 | 0.249 | 0.343 | |
| Year | 2011–2016 | 6.2 (4.6,8.2) | 62 | reference | ||
| 2006–2010 | 6.0 (4.3, 8.3) | 34 | −0.05 | 0.852 | 0.984 | |
| 2000–2005 | 7.8 (4.1,14.6) | 18 | 0.27 | 0.401 | 0.383 | |
| Production systems | Highland extensive | 4.6 (3.4,6.2) | 56 | reference | ||
| Pastoral/agro-pastoral | 4.5 (3.6,5.7) | 12 | −0.03 | 0.724 | 0.936 | |
| Intensive/semi-intensive | 16.6 (12.4,21.6) | 26 | 0.68 | <0.001 | 0.034 | |
| Breed | Zebu | 4.1 (3.4,4.9) | 58 | reference | ||
| Cross | 9.9 (7.4,13.3) | 24 | 0.59 | <0.001 | 0.030 | |
| Holstein Friesian | 21.6 (14.7,30.7) | 17 | 1.35 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Administrative State | Oromia | 6.6 (5.5,8.1) | 46 | reference | ||
| SNNP | 4.0 (2.9,5.6) | 19 | −0.51 | 0.105 | 0.062 | |
| Addis Ababa | 10.6 (6.7,16.4) | 17 | −0.08 | 0.069 | 0.785 | |
| Amhara | 3.6 (2.2,5.8) | 13 | −0.53 | 0.076 | 0.086 | |
| Tigray | 8.8 (5.8,13.3) | 12 | 0.11 | 0.256 | 0.717 | |
| Afar | 6.7 (3.4,12.7) | 3 | 0.38 | 0.872 | 0.566 |