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. 2015 Apr 30;82(1):839. doi: 10.4102/ojvr.v82i1.839

TABLE 2.

Distribution of parasites according to farm, sex, age and body condition score of pigs in Bishoftu.

Risk factor Category level N Parasitic infestation Coccidia Ascaris suum Strongyle Trichuris suis Sarcoptes scabiei var. suis
n % n % n % n % n % n %
Farm Farm 1 289 90 31.1 37 12.8 13 68.4 17 5.9 9 3.1 8 2.8
Farm 2 95 16 15.1 9 9.5 6 31.6 3 3.2 2 0.5 2 2.1
P-value - 0.007 - 0.386 - 0.479 - 0.3 - 0.609 - 0.725 -
Sex Male 153 35 22.9 14 9.2 10 6.5 4 2.6 6 3.9 1 0.7
Female 231 57 24.7 32 13.9 9 3.9 16 6.9 5 2.2 9 3.9
P-value - 0.686 - 0.165 - 0.243 - 0.063 - 0.312 - 0.51 -
Age Piglet 136 27 19.9 13 9.6 5 3.7 6 4.4 5 3.7 2 1.5
Grower 118 35 29.7 20 16.9 6 5.1 9 7.6 2 1.7 1 0.8
Adult 130 30 23.1 13 10.0 8 6.2 5 3.8 4 3.1 7 5.4
P-value - 0.181 - 0.135 - 0.646 - 0. 357 - 0.630 - 0.048 -
Body condition score Good 311 73 23.5 37 11.9 15 4.8 13 4.2 11 3.5 7 2.3
Medium 73 19 26.0 9 12.3 4 5.5 7 9.6 0 0.0 3 4.1
P-value - 0.645 - 0.919 - 0. 816 - 0.061 - 0.103 - 0.369 -

N, sample size.