Table 1.
Age and sex associated with CE among livestock slaughtered for food consumption in Jahrom city from Fars province, Iran.
| Variables | 0–24 months |
24–48 months |
48–72 months |
72 < months |
Male |
Female |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examined (n) | Positive n (%) | Examined (n) | Positive n (%) | Examined (n) | Positive n (%) | Examined (n) | Positive n (%) | Examined (n) | Positive n (%) | Examined (n) | Positive n (%) | |
| Cattle | 42 | 4 (9.52) | 59 | 4 (6.77) | 129 | 14 (10.85) | 96 | 14 (14.58) | 195 | 20 (10.25) | 131 | 16 (12.21) |
| Sheep | 68 | 10 (14.70) | 96 | 7 (7.29) | 123 | 10 (8.13) | 136 | 21 (15.44) | 253 | 26 (10.27) | 170 | 22 (12.94) |
| Goat | 598 | 10 (1.67) | 514 | 19 (3.69) | 691 | 14 (2.02) | 522 | 22 (4.21) | 1395 | 37 (2.65) | 930 | 28 (3.01) |