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. 2020 Jan 29;7:8. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00008

Table 3.

Median lumpy skin disease, sheep pox, and goat pox incidence risk and fatality rate in affected farms in Bauchi State, Nigeria stratify by species and production system.

Production system Cattle Sheep Goats
Age category N Incidence risk
median
(1st−3rd qtl)
p Fatality rate
median
(1st−3rd qtl)
p N Incidence risk
median
(1st−3rd qtl)
p Fatality rate
median
(1st−3rd qtl)
p N Incidence risk
median
(1st−3rd qtl)
p Fatality rate
median
(1st−3rd qtl)
p
All
(n = 99)
Young stock 7 57.1 (40.2–73.8) 33.3 (7.1–49.2) 25 53.9 (44.7–70.6) 50.0 (38.1–73.2) 58 60.0 (46.6–71.1) 50.0 (28.6–66.7)
Adults 21 25.0 (18.2–33.3) 0.04 0 (0–0) 0.08 32 50.0 (31.9–66.7) 0.75 0 (0–27.9) <0.001 61 50.0 (40.0–66.7) 0.55 0 (0–0) <0.001
Backyard
(n = 87)
Young stock 3 87.5 (64.6–93.8) 14.3 (7.1–57.1) 17 61.5 (47.1–70.6) 50.0 (36.7–69.1) 51 60.0 (47.7–66.7) 50.0 (28.6–66.7)
Adults 13 33.3 (25.0–50.0) 0.18 24 57.5 (50.0–69.9) 0.56 0 (0–20.5) <0.001 54 50.0 (40.0–66.7) 0.79 0 (0–0) <0.001
Transhumance
(n = 12)
Young stock 4 47.93 (35.3–57.9) 36.7 (25.0–44.6) 8 50.3 (43.5–64.2) 60.7 (44.1–75.9) 7 71.4 (51.3–77.5) 47.6 (31.9–61.7)
Adults 8 12.1 (9.5–19.2) 0.02 0 (0–30.8) 0.38 8 25.9 (20.0–33.5) 0.03 24.9 (12.5–89.3) 0.42 7 56.6 (44.0–60.8) 0.12 21.1 (0–22.5) 0.02

Young stock <1 year old; Adults≥ 1 year old; qtl, quartile.

Data collected between August 2017 and January 2018.