Table 3.
Risk factors associated with infestation of 176 camels with ticks in north-western Nigeria
| Risk factor | n | Total no. infested with ticks (%) | Study location | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kano | Jigawa | Sokoto | |||||||||
| No. examined | No. infested (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | No. examined | No. infested (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | No. examined | No. infested (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | |||
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Male | 116 | 62 (53.5) | 61 | 40 (65.6) | Ref | 19 | 12 (63.2) | Ref | 36 | 10 (27.8) | Ref |
| Female | 60 | 30 (50.0) | 31 | 20 (64.5) | 1.05 (0.42–2.59) | 10 | 6 (60.0) | 1.14 (0.24–5.50) | 19 | 4 (21.1) | 1.44 (0.38–5.41) |
| Total | 176 | 92 (52.3) | 92 | 60 (65.2) | 29 | 18 (62.2) | 55 | 14 (25.5) | |||
| Age | |||||||||||
| < 5 years | 66 | 27 (40.9) | 21 | 15 (71.4) | Ref | 7 | 4 (57.1) | Ref | 38 | 8 (21.1) | Ref |
| > 5 years | 110 | 65 (64.5) | 71 | 45 (47.9) | 1.44 (0.49–4.18) | 22 | 14 (63.6) | 0.76 (0.15–4.30) | 17 | 6 (42.9) | 0.49 (0.14–1.73) |
| Total | 176 | 92 (52.3) | 92 | 60 (65.2) | 29 | 18 (62.1) | 55 | 14 (25.5) | |||
| Body condition | |||||||||||
| Poor | 10 | 7 (70.0) | 7 | 4 (57.1) | Ref | 3 | 2 (66.7) | Ref | 3 | 1 (33.3) | |
| Moderate | 158 | 81 (51.3) | 81 | 55 (67.9) | 0.63 (0.13–3.03) | 25 | 16 (64.0) | 0.63 (0.05–8.44) | 47 | 10 (21.3) | 1.85 (0.15–22.55) |
| Good | 8 | 4 (50.0) | 4 | 1 (25.0) | 4.00 (0.27–60.37) | 1 | 0 (0) | 1.22 (0.0915.12) | 5 | 3 (60.0) | 0.33 (0.02–6.66) |
| Total | 176 | 92 (52.3) | 92 | 60 | 29 | 18 (62.1) | 55 | 14 (25.5) | |||
Abbreviation: n, total number; Ref, reference value