Participatory and Conventional Investigation of Tick Infestation in Camels and Cattle of Somali Pastoral Areas, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 8

Analysis of associations between tick density and different host risk factors using a one-way ANOVA.

Variable	Category	No. positive (%)	Mean	SD±	95% CI			value
					Lower bound	Upper bound
Origin	Kebribayah	375 (83.3)	23.76	16.804	22.21	25.32	1.993	0.158
	Afdem	391 (86.8)	22.19	16.625	20.65	23.73
Sex	Male	220 (86.6)	22.80	16.387	21.53	24.06	0.271	0.603
	Female	546 (84.5)	23.44	17.577	21.27	25.61
Age	Young	408 (80.6)	21.65	16.887	20.17	23.12	7.379	0.007
	Adult	358 (90.8)	24.69	16.376	23.07	26.31
BCS	Good	156 (71.9)	22.43	17.224	19.98	24.88	0.131	0.877
	Medium	425 (88.4)	23.15	17.102	21.65	24.65
	Poor	185 (91.6)	23.07	15.358	20.97	25.16
Animal species	Camels	434 (85.1)	24.54	18.049	22.74	26.33	6.007	0.014
	Cattle	332 (85.1)	21.79	15.549	20.43	23.14
Months	June	127 (84.7%)	26.16	18.606	23.16	29.16	31.009	0.001
	July	133 (86.4%)	27.90	17.005	25.19	30.60
	Aug	120 (79.5%)	17.00	11.759	15.11	18.89
	Sep	206 (84.1%)	15.59	8.327	14.54	16.64
	Oct	58 (89.2%)	25.54	16.492	21.45	29.63
	Nov	122 (90.4%)	32.69	21.750	28.99	36.39
Season	Wet	307 (87.7%)	28.56	19.750	26.49	30.64	68.682	0.001
	Dry	459 (83.5%)	19.42	13.323	18.31	20.54