Table 4.
Mean (± SE) count of Fasciola, paramphistomes and Schistosoma eggs per gram of feces by risk factors in cattle in and around Bahir Dar.
| Variable | Level | N |
Fasciola |
Paramphistomes |
Schistosoma |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SE) | P value | Mean (SE) | P value | Mean (SE) | P value | |||
| Sex | Male | 185 | 4.2 (0.81) | 0.439 | 23.9 (2.86) | 0.293 | 2.8 (0.57) | 0.368 |
| Female | 184 | 4.3 (0.74) | 27.5 (3.25) | 3.5 (0.61) | ||||
| BC | Fat | 94 | 0.4 (0.29)a | 0.000 | 8.9 (1.71)a | 0.000 | 0.2 (0.13)a | 0.000 |
| Medium | 124 | 2.9 (0.68)b | 14.3 (2.17)a | 1.5 (0.45)a | ||||
| Lean | 151 | 7.7 (1.13)c | 45.6 (4.22)b | 6.2 (0.89)b | ||||
| Age | ≥4 | 241 | 4.0 (0.67) | 0.174 | 19.7 (2.21) | 0.000 | 3.6 (0.55) | 0.131 |
| <4 | 128 | 4.7 (0.94) | 37.0 (4.25) | 2.3 (0.62) | ||||
| Breed | Cross | 193 | 2.5 (0.58) | 0.001 | 24.3 (3.15) | 0.022 | 1.7 (0.45) | 0.000 |
| Local | 176 | 6.1 (0.93) | 27.3 (2.75) | 4.6 (0.71) | ||||
| Overall | 369 | 4.3 (0.55) | 25.7 (2.11) | 3.1 (0.42) | ||||
a,b,c,Means of a particular parasite EPG under a variable with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05)
BC, body condition; SE, standard error of mean