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. 2019 Sep 26;6:327. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00327

Table 3.

Risk factors to Neospora caninum in cattle in northern Tanzania selected using Bayesian model averaging.

Indicator variable OR 95% CrI
Age 1.00 2.17 1.45–3.26
Local cattle population density 0.81 0.69 0.41–1.00
Shrub or forest land 0.78 1.37 1.00–2.14
Restricted grazing 0.62 0.72 0.25–1.16
Production system (pastoral) 0.48 0.89 0.36–1.51
Breed (cross) 0.39 0.95 0.51–1.50
Feed placenta to dogs 0.39 0.95 0.60–1.28
Keep small ruminants 0.38 0.99 0.64–1.52
Wildlife area 0.36 1.03 0.67–1.78
Keep chickens 0.36 1.05 0.79–1.67
Number of dogs in village 0.36 1.06 0.84–1.66
See wildlife 0.33 1.02 0.74–1.49
Keep dogs 0.31 1.00 0.73–1.36
Sex (male) 0.28 0.98 0.75–1.17
Cattle introduction 0.27 1.01 0.78–1.33
Organic carbon 0.19 1.01 1.00–1.05
Sand content of soil 0.05 1.00 1.00–1.00
Altitude 0.02 1.00 1.00–1.00
Precipitation of wettest quarter 0.01 1.00 1.00–1.00
Cattle number 0.00 1.00 1.00–1.00