Table 2.
Age Groups | Species | Prevalence Rate of Detected Parasites | SEM | p-Value | ||||
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Eimeria spp. | Cryptosporidium spp. | Buxtonella Sulcata | Toxocara Vitulorum | Moneizia spp. | ||||
Suckling calves (1d–60d) | Cattle 70 | 26 (37.14%) | 7 (10.00%) | 23 (32.86%) | 14 (20.00%) | 0.00 | 3.01 | 0.487 |
Buffalo 49 | 20 (40.82%) | 5 (10.20%) | 18 (36.73%) | 6 (12.24%) | 0 | |||
Post-weaning calves (below 6 months of age) | Cattle 63 | 18 (28.57%) | 3 (4.76%) | 19 (30.15%) | 15 (23.80%) | 8 (12.69%) | 0.47 | 0.001 * |
Buffalo 42 | 14 (33.33%) | 3 (7.14%) | 12 (28.57%) | 8(19.04%) | 5 (11.90%) |
Data are presented as number of positive animals, with prevalence rate in parentheses; * p-value > 0.05 is non-significant (NS), * p-value ≤ 0.05 is significant.