Study on Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Newcastle Disease in Smallholder Poultry Farms in Sodo Zuria District, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

Summary of univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis of animal level risk factors associated with NCD in Sodo Zuria district.

Variable	Category	AOR	Chi^2	P-Value	CI (95%)
Age of chickens	Adult	Ref.	4.335	0.114
	Grower	1.705			0.87–3.33
	Young	1.704			0.89–3.24
Sex of chickens	Male	Ref.	4.842	0.028
	Female	0.724			0.45–1.16
Breed of chickens	Bovans Brown	Ref.	4.490	0.106
	Sasso	4.81			0
	Koekoek	0.839			0.11–6.55
Type of chicken	Broiler	Ref.	0.302	0.583
	Layer	3.59			0

Note. AOR is adjusted odds ratio, chi2 is Pearson x2, CI is confidence interval, and Ref. is reference factor.