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Table 4.

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

Seasons	Number slaughtered	Fasciolosis	Hydatidosis	Dicrocoeliosis	Cysticercosis	Oesophagostomiasis
Seasons	Number slaughtered	Number (prevalence %)
Early dry	239,602	1835 (0.77)^b	505 (0.21)^b	89 (0.04)^a	35 (0.01)^a	80 (0.03)^a
Late dry	205,308	1298 (0.63)^b	325 (0.16)^b	55 (0.03)^b	16 (0.01)^a	52 (0.03)^a
Early wet	200,102	1486 (0.74)^b	588 (0.29)^a	69 (0.03)^a	57 (0.03)^b	178 (0.09)^b
Late wet^†	186,989	1752 (0.94)^a	549 (0.29)^a	83 (0.04)^a	26 (0.01)^a	63 (0.03)^a

^† Reference category

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