Research Article
Prevalence, Associated Risk Factors, and Economic Loss of Ovine Hemonchosis at Jimma Town Municipal Abattoir, Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia
Table 2
Postmortem prevalence of
H. contortus based on the hypothesized risk factors (
).
| Variables | Categories | Number of examined | Number of positive | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI |
| Sex | Male | 303 | 160 | 52.8 | 47.14-58.39 | Female | 71 | 39 | 54.92 | 43.17-66.15 |
| Age | Adult | 143 | 77 | 53.84 | 45.59-61.89 | Young | 231 | 122 | 52.81 | 46.33-59.2 |
| Body condition score | Good | 84 | 21 | 25 | 16.83-35.43 | Medium | 108 | 27 | 25 | 17.68-34.08 | Poor | 182 | 151 | 82.96 | 76.75-87.78 |
| Agroecology | Midland | 282 | 159 | 56.38 | 50.5-62.08 | Lowland | 92 | 40 | 43.47 | 33.66-53.82 |
| Season | Semi Dry | 256 | 150 | 58.59 | 52.42-64.5 | Dry | 118 | 49 | 41.52 | 32.93-50.6 |
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