Research Article
Prevalence of Haemonchus contortus Infections in Sheep and Goats in Nyagatare District, Rwanda
Table 2
Comparison of H. contortus infections between and within species.
| Cross-tabulated categories | Odds ratio (95 C.I.) | p-value |
| Between species | | | Sheep versus goats | 1.98 (1.40-2.79) | ≤0.001 | Adult sheep versus adult goats | 2.06 (1.28-3.33) | ≤0.001 | Young sheep versus young goats | 1.90 (1.16-3.13) | 0.01 |
| Within sheep | | | Males versus females | 1.00 (0.55-1.83) | 0.56 | Adult females versus adult males | 1.33 (0.55-3.22) | 0.34 | Young males versus young females | 1.46 (0.62-3.42) | 0.26 | Young males versus adult males | 1.18 (0.46-3.01) | 0.45 | Adult females versus young females | 1.64 (0.74-3.65) | 0.16 |
| Within goats | | | Females versus males | 1.60 (1.09-2.36) | 0.01 | Adult females versus adult males | 1.44 (0.80-2.57) | 0.15 | Young females versus young males | 1.73 (1.01-2.96) | 0.03 | Adult males versus young males | 1.19 (0.61-2.34) | 0.37 | Young females versus adult females | 1.01 (0.66-1.54) | 0.53 |
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Significant difference since p≤0.05. |