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. 2019 Aug 28;44(1):1–9. doi: 10.1007/s12639-019-01154-y

Table 2.

Yearly number and prevalence (%) of parasitic diseases in slaughtered cattle in Kwara State, Nigeria

Years Number slaughtered Fasciolosis Hydatidosis Dicrocoeliosis Cysticercosis Oesophagostomiasis
Number (prevalence %)
2003 47,418 118 (0.25)b 68 (0.14)b 5 (0.01)b 16 (0.03)b 6 (0.01)b
2004 41,852 109 (0.26)b 15 (0.04)b 3 (0.01)b 0 (0.00)a 10 (0.02)b
2005 54,357 208 (0.38)b 19 (0.03)b 4 (0.01)b 0 (0.00)a 27 (0.05)b
2006 42,408 118 (0.28)b 13 (0.03)b 4 (0.01)b 0 (0.00)a 16 (0.04)b
2007 52,641 175 (0.33)b 22 (0.04)b 5 (0.01)b 0 (0.00)a 14 (0.03)b
2008 54,985 370 (0.67)a 75 (0.14)b 5 (0.01)b 0 (0.00)a 12 (0.02)b
2009 51,780 318 (0.61)a 160 (0.31)b 13 (0.03)a 0 (0.00)a 0 (0.00)a
2010 55,514 174 (0.31)b 170 (0.31)b 9 (0.02)a 0 (0.00)a 0 (0.00)a
2011 50,603 101 (0.20)b 29 (0.06)a 5 (0.01)b 0 (0.00)a 0 (0.00)a
2012 54,900 0 (0.00)b 23 (0.04)b 5 (0.01)b 0 (0.00)a 0 (0.00)a
2013 49,038 6 (0.01)b 27 (0.06)a 5 (0.01)b 0 (0.00)a 0 (0.00)a
2014 53,024 1062 (2.00)b 140 (0.26)b 53 (0.10)b 0 (0.00)a 0 (0.00)a
2015 48,749 1010 (2.07)b 87 (0.18)b 50 (0.10)b 0 (0.00)a 34 (0.07)b
2016 55,864 984 (1.76)b 530 (0.95)b 49 (0.09)b 64 (0.11)b 104 (0.19)b
2017 59,820 1266 (2.12)b 538 (0.89)b 63 (0.11)b 54 (0.09)b 150 (0.25)b
2018 59,048 352 (0.60)a 51 (0.09)a 18 (0.03)a 0 (0.00)a 0 (0.00)a

Reference category

Different alphabets between columns from that of the reference category = Significant at P < 0.05