Table 2. Epizootic hemorrhagic disease in Libya: results of univariate analysis by species, age group, regions, farmed species, and provinces.
| Risk factors | Animal tested | Animal affected (%) | DF | Fisher’s exact test | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | 855 | 4% | 1 | 0.0118 | |
| Small ruminants | 690 | 6.64 | |||
| Cattle | 165 | 0.61 | |||
| Sex | 678 | 1 | Fisher’s exact test | 1.00 | |
| Female | 609 | 4.3% | |||
| Male | 69 | 3% | |||
| Risk factors | Animal tested | Animal affected (%) | DF | X2 | p-value |
| Age group | 855 | 2 | 7.807 | 0.020 | |
| Kids | 180 | 2.8% | |||
| Young | 161 | 0.6% | |||
| Adult | 514 | 5.3% | |||
| Farmed species | 562 | 2 | 8.273 | 0.0159 | |
| Sheep (S) | 119 | 10.9% | |||
| Goats/Sheep (GS) | 363 | 4.7 | |||
| Mixed (CGS) | 80 | 2.5% | |||
| Libyan provinces | 3 | 12.52 | 0.0058 | ||
| Al Jabal al Akhdar | 84 | 1.2% | |||
| Ajdabiya | 88 | 2.3% | |||
| Gharyan | 110 | 11.8% | |||
| Sabha | 48 | 8.3% |
DF = Degree of freedom.