Table 3.

Effect of age and sexon the prevalence of Ehrlichia ruminantium in cattle

Age Group	Blood		Tick
	Number of cattle	Number positive (%)	Number of cattle	Number positive (%)
Young	109	24 (22.01)a	107	48 (44.86)a
Adult	150	36 (24.10)a	145	78 (53.79)b
Total	259	60 (23.17)	251	126 (50.0)
Sex
Male	90	24 (26.67)a	87	36 (41.38)b
Female	169	37 (21.89)a	165	90 (54.55)a
Total	259	61 (23.55)	252	126 (50.0)

Variables with different superscript are significantly (p < 0.05) different