Prevalence of Poultry Coccidiosis and Associated Risk Factors in Intensive Farming System of Gondar Town, Ethiopia

Table 2

Prevalence of coccidiosis based on chicken-related risk factor.

Risk factors	Categories	No. examined	No. of positives	Prevalence (%)	χ2 value	value	OR	95% CI
Sex	Males	156	68	43.6	0.2	0.4	0.9	0.6–1.4
	Females	228	94	41.2
	Total	384	162	42.2
Age	Adult	237	87	36.7	7.6	0.004	0.6	0.4–0.8
	Young	147	75	51.0
	Total	384	162	42.2
Breed	RIR	38	10	26.3	1.2	0.2	1.6	0.6–3.8
	WLH	79	29	36.7	5.04	0.025	2.4	1.1–5.2
	BB
Body condition	Medium	169	61	36.1	33.7	0.001	6	3.3–11.01
	Good	131	40	30.5	4.5	0.03	1.3	0.8–2.01
	Poor

Used as reference, BB: Bovan Brown, WLH: White Leg Horn, RIR: Rhode Red Island.