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