Table 2. Summary statistics of the buffalo population included in the current study.
| Total population | Number of buffaloes tested in the population | Number of buffaloes that exhibited F. hepatica infection (prevalence in %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3,356 | 984 | 432 | (12.8) | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 1,810 | 350 | 321 | (17.7) | |
| Female | 1,546 | 634 | 111 | (7.2) | |
| Age (years) | |||||
| 1 | 852 | 355 | 152 | (17.8) | |
| 2 | 1,024 | 385 | 168 | (16.4) | |
| 3 | 537 | 128 | 47 | (8.8) | |
| 4 | 224 | 82 | 46 | (20.5) | |
| 5 | 719 | 34 | 19 | (2.6) | |
| Governorates | |||||
| Alexandria | 685 | 339 | 134 | (19.6) | |
| Beheira | 860 | 332 | 133 | (15.5) | |
| Kafr El-Sheikh | 1,811 | 313 | 165 | (9.1) | |
| Type of farm | |||||
| Conventional | 1,159 | 534 | 384 | (33.1) | |
| Organic | 2,197 | 450 | 48 | (2.2) | |
| Body condition score | |||||
| Good | 2,281 | 290 | 195 | (8.6) | |
| Medium | 309 | 344 | 108 | (35.0) | |
| Poor | 766 | 350 | 129 | (16.8) | |
| Application of prophylactic treatment | |||||
| Not applied | 2,168 | 574 | 359 | (16.6) | |
| Applied | 1,188 | 410 | 73 | (6.1) | |
| Age of farmer (years) | |||||
| <40 | 620 | 234 | 65 | (10.5) | |
| 40–49 | 1,525 | 398 | 222 | (14.6) | |
| >49 | 1,211 | 352 | 145 | (12.0) | |
| Education of farmer | |||||
| Basic | 2,572 | 660 | 407 | (15.8) | |
| Higher | 784 | 324 | 25 | (3.2) | |
| Relative humidity (%) | |||||
| <50 | 596 | 288 | 123 | (20.6) | |
| 50–59 | 509 | 374 | 159 | (31.2) | |
| >59 | 2,251 | 322 | 150 | (6.7) | |
| Temperature (°C) | |||||
| <26 | 494 | 291 | 216 | (43.7) | |
| 26–30 | 872 | 321 | 164 | (18.8) | |
| >30 | 1,990 | 372 | 520 | (2.6) | |