Table 4.
Flock level seroprevalence of major infectious causes abortion in small ruminant in three agroecology and production systems of Ethiopia.
| Prevalence estimates (%) (calculated at p = 0.05, CI = 0.95) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Variable |
C. burnetii (n = 223) |
C. abortus (n = 223) |
Brucella Spp. (n = 223) |
T.gondii (n = 192) |
at least one infection (n = 223) |
Mixed infection (n = 223) |
| Flock type | Goat | 73.3 (64.0, 82.6) | 42.2 (31.8, 52.6) | 24.4 (15.3, 33.4) | 48.2 (37.4, 59.1) | 92.2(86.6, 97.9) | 63.3 (53.2, 73.45) |
| Sheep | 22.6 (15.4, 29.8)** | 26.3 (18.7, 33.9)* | 26.3 (18.7, 33.9) | 46.7(37.1, 56.3) | 65.4 (57.2, 73.6)** | 31.6 (23.6, 39.6)** | |
| Production system | Lowland MCL | 62.9 (50.5, 75.3) | 37.1 (24.7, 49.5) | 6.45 (0.2, 12.7) | 31.6 (19.1, 44.0)** | 70.9 (59.3, 82.6) | 46.8(34.0, 59.5) |
| Lowland pastoral | 57.6 (47.7, 67.5)** | 26.3 (17.4, 35.1) | 24.2 (15.7, 32.8)** | 57.6 (47.6, 67.5) | 79.8 (71.7, 87.8) | 50.5(40.5, 60.5) | |
| Highland MCL | 0 | 38.7 (26.2, 51.1) | 46.7 (33.9,59.5) | 44.4 (27.3, 61.5) | 75.8 (64.8, 86.8) | 32.3(20.3, 44.2) | |
| Overall | 43.1 (36.5, 49.6) | 32.7 (26.5, 38.9) | 25.5 (19.7, 31.3) | 47.4 (40.2, 54.5) | 76.2 (70.6, 81.9) | 44.4 (37.8, 50.9) | |
*
Significant at p ≤ 0.05,
**
p ≤ 0.001.