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

Significant difference since p≤0.05.