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. 2021 Feb 24;7(4):1316–1324. doi: 10.1002/vms3.455

TABLE 1.

Demographic and contextual characteristics of the studied animals based on the results of PRC and LAMP assays

Variables Value Sheep number LAMP result p value PCR result p value
N (%) Positive N (%) Negative N (%) Positive N (%) Negative N (%)
Area of sampling Khorramabad 38 (19.5) 1 (2.6) 37 (97.4) 0.580 1 (2.6) 37 (97.4) 0.517
Aligoudarz 27 (13.8) 1 (3.7) 26 (96.3) 0 (0.0) 27 (100)
Poledokhtar 22 (11.3) 0 (0.0) 22 (100) 0 (0.0) 22 (100)
Delfan 22 (11.3) 2 (9.1) 20 (90.1) 2 (9.1) 20 (90.1)
Kouhdasht 18 (9.2) 1 (5.6) 17 (94.4) 1 (5.6) 17 (94.4)
Other 68 (34.9) 6 (8.8) 62 (91.2) 3 (4.4) 65 (95.6)
Number of sheep per herd <50 60 (30.8) 4 (6.7) 56 (93.3) 0.256 1 (1.7) 59 (98.3) 0.115
50–99 94 (48.2) 7 (7.4) 87 (92.6) 6 (6.4) 88 (93.6)
>=100 41 (21.0) 0 (0.0) 41 (100) 0 (0.0) 41 (100)
Grazing type Traditional 155 (79.5) 11 (7.1) 144(92.9) 0.124 7 (4.5) 148(95.5) 0.348
Industrial 40 (20.5) 0 (0.0) 40 (100) 0 (0.0) 40 (100)
Gender Male 73 (37.4) 5 (6.8) 68 (93.2) 0.750 3 (4.1) 70 (95.9) 1.000
Female 122 (62.6) 6 (4.9) 116(95.1) 4 (3.3) 118(96.7)
Age 1–2 72 (36.9) 3 (4.2) 69 (95.8) 0.252 2 (2.8) 70 (97.2) 0.191
3–4 77 (39.5) 7 (9.1) 70 (90.9) 5 (6.5) 72 (93.5)
5–6 46 (23.6) 1 (2.2) 45 (97.8) 0 (0.0) 46 (100)
Type of water consumed Well, Spring, River water 32 (16.4) 3 (9.4) 29 (90.6) 0.393 1 (3.1) 31 (96.9) 1.000
Tap water 163 (83.6) 8 (4.9) 155 (95.1) 6 (3.7) 157 (96.3)