Research Article
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 | | |
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