Table 1.
Prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in cattle by Age, sex and management system (June/2014 - Dec /2015) (N = 392).
| Variables | Group | Noa | Prevalence |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | 95% CIb | ||||
| Age group | <2 months | 104 | 17.3 | 9.8–24.8 | 0.749 |
| 2–6 months | 209 | 18.2 | 12.9–23.5 | ||
| >6 months | 79 | 21.5 | 2.9–30.2 | ||
| Sex | Female | 253 | 21.3 | 16.5–26.1 | 0.062 |
| Male | 139 | 13.7 | 7.2–20.1 | ||
| Management system | Extensive | 107 | 11.2 | 3.8–18.6 | 0.021 |
| Intensive | 285 | 21.4 | 16.9–25.9 | ||
| Farm location | Rural | 313 | 12.8 | 8.6–16.9 | 0.000 |
| Urban | 79 | 41.8 | 33.5–50.0 | ||
| Overall | 392 | 18.6 | 14.75–22.49 | ||
Number of samples.
Confidence interval.