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.