Table 1. Association of tick-borne pathogen positivity with profile parameters of backyard cattle and water buffaloes in Quezon province, Philippines.

Parameter		N	Mycoplasma spp.		Anaplasma marginale
			No. of positives (%)	P valuea)	No. of positives (%)	P valuea)
Location
	Atimonan	12	1 (8.33)	n.a.	1 (8.33)	n.a.
	Calauag	21	6 (28.57)		1 (4.76)
	Guinayangan	21	9 (42.86)		1 (4.76)
	Gumaca	23	5 (21.74)		0
	Lopez	4	0		0
	Plaridel	37	4 (10.81)		2 (5.41)
	Tagkawayan	44	9 (20.45)		2 (6.82)
Host
	Water buffalo	114	30 (26.32)	0.011b)	0	0.0001c)
	Cattle	48	4 (8.33)		8 (16.67)
Sex
	Female	133	26 (19.55)	0.33	6 (4.51)	0.63
	Male	29	8 (27.59)		2 (6.90)
Breed
	Native	148	32 (21.62)	0.74	6 (4.05)	0.15
	Crossbred or imported	14	2 (14.29)		2 (14.29)
Tick infestation
	Yes	19	1 (5.26)	0.13	3 (15.79)	0.053
	No	143	33 (23.08)		5 (3.50)
Total		162	34 (20.99)		8 (4.94)

a) Analyzed by Fisher’s exact or χ² test; b) P<0.05; c) P<0.001. n.a.: not analyzed.