Table 2.
Ectoparasite species distribution in goats by agroecology and body condition scores.
| Species of ectoparasites | Agroecology | Body condition scores | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland (N = 106) | Midland (N = 119) | Lowland (N = 99) | χ2 (p value) | Good (N = 123) | Medium (N = 132) | Poor (N = 69) | χ2(p value) | |
| R. evertsi evertsi | 32 (30.19) | 49 (41.18) | 27 (27.27) | 5.402 (0.067) | 27 (39.13) | 55 (41.67) | 26 (21.14) | 13.400 (0.001) |
| R. B. decoloratus | 11 (10.38) | 7 (5.88) | 1 (1.01) | 8.137 (0.017) | 5 (4.07) | 7 (5.30) | 7 (10.14) | 3.087 (0.214) |
| A. variegatum | 68 (64.15) | 81 (68.07) | 9 (9.09) | 90.159 (0.00) | 44 (35.77) | 76 (57.58) | 38 (55.07) | 13.511 (0.001) |
| A. gemma | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 8 (8.08) | 18.642 (0.00) | 4 (3.25) | 4 (3.03) | 0 (0.00) | 2.233 (0.328) |
| L. stenopsis | 36 (33.96) | 25 (21.01) | 23 (23.23) | 5.437 (0.066) | 20 (16.26) | 39 (29.55) | 25 (36.23) | 10.700 (0.005) |
| C. filis | 2 (1.89) | 1 (0.84) | 2 (2.02) | 0.618 (0.734) | 3 (2.44) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (2.90) | 3.553 (0.169) |
| C. canis | 28 (26.42) | 23 (19.33) | 9 (9.09) | 10.264 (0.006) | 23 (18.70) | 22 (16.67) | 15 (21.74) | 0.777 (0.678) |
| S. scapie var. caprea | 3 (2.34%) | 1 (0.79%) | 0 (0.00) | 4.348 (0.114) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (1.20%) | 2 (2.08%) | 3.016 (0.221) |
| Total | 97 (91.51) | 98 (82.35) | 51 (51.52) | 49.047 (0.00) | 76 (61.79) | 106 (80.0) | 64 (92.75) | 25.522 (0.00) |