Table 3.

Perceived causes of sheep and goat abortion in lowland MCL and pastoral agroecology and production system in Ethiopia.

Cause of abortion	Relative contribution of causes, proportion, n (%)		P-value
	Lowland MCL (n = 331)	Lowland pastoral (n = 178)
Infectious diseases	89 (26.89)	101 (56.74)	0.000
Extreme weather condition	100 (30.21)	15 (8.43)	0.034
Feed shortage	85 (25.68)	31 (17.42)	0.000
Physical traumas	53 (16.01)	5 (2.81)	0.000
Plant poisoning	4 (1.21)	26 (14.61)	0.000

MCL, Mixed crop livestock.