Research Article
Prevalence, Associated Risk Factors, and Economic Loss of Ovine Hemonchosis at Jimma Town Municipal Abattoir, Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia
Table 1
Prevalence of
H. contortus with risk factors in sheep slaughtered in Jimma town municipal abattoir based on coproscopy (
).
| Variables | Categories | Number of examined | Number of positive | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI |
| Sex | Male | 303 | 104 | 34.32 | 29.16-39.87 | Female | 71 | 18 | 25.35 | 16.51-36.82 |
| Age | Adult | 143 | 44 | 30.76 | 23.71-38.85 | Young | 231 | 78 | 33.76 | 27.93-40.14 |
| Body condition score | Good | 84 | 11 | 13.09 | 7.36-22.22 | Medium | 108 | 20 | 18.5 | 12.22-27.04 | Poor | 182 | 91 | 50 | 42.74-57.25 |
| Agroecology | Midland | 282 | 100 | 35.46 | 30-41.2 | Lowland | 92 | 22 | 23.9 | 16.23-33.75 |
| Season | Semidry | 256 | 96 | 37.5 | 31.75-43.62 | Dry | 118 | 26 | 22.03 | 15.41-30.46 |
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