Table 6.
Prevalence rates of gastrointestinal helminth parasites of cattle in Aguata and Orumba South Local Government Area in relation to breed
| Non-infected | Infected | Total | Prevalence (%) | 95% confidence interval | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower limit | Upper limit | |||||
| Aguata LGA | ||||||
| Sokoto Gudali | 23 | 20 | 43 | 14.3 | 0.094 | 0.211 |
| Red Bororo | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5.7 | 0.028 | 0.110 |
| White Fulani | 37 | 46 | 83 | 32.9 | 0.256 | 0.410 |
| Total | 66 | 74 | 140 | |||
| χ2 = 1.02, df = 2, p = 0.60 | ||||||
| Orumba South LGA | ||||||
| Sokoto Gudali | 9 | 22 | 31 | 31.4 | 0.217 | 0.431 |
| Red Bororo | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12.9 | 0.067 | 0.229 |
| White Fulani | 7 | 16 | 23 | 22.9 | 0.145 | 0.341 |
| Total | 23 | 47 | 70 | |||
| χ2 = 1.13, df = 2, p = 0.57 | ||||||
| Overall | ||||||
| Sokoto Gudali | 32 | 42 | 74 | 20 | 0.151 | 0.260 |
| Red Bororo | 13 | 17 | 30 | 8.1 | 0.050 | 0.127 |
| White Fulani | 44 | 62 | 106 | 29.5 | 0.238 | 0.360 |
| Total | 89 | 121 | 210 | |||
| χ2 = 0.07, df = 2, p = 0.97 | ||||||