Seroprevalence Estimates of Q Fever and the Predictors for the Infection in Cattle, Sheep, and Goats in Nandi County, Kenya

Table 3

Distribution of Q fever seropositivity according to species, sex, breed, and age.

Univariate logistic regression model

Species

Sex

Breed

Age

Seropositive animals

Bovine

Female

Male

N/S

Ayrshire

Friesian

Guernsey

Jersey

Zebu

Adults

Heifers

Yearlings

N/S

57/672 (8.48%)

2/52 (3.85%)

1

37/243 (15.23%)

20/448 (4.46%)

0/4 (0%)

2/23 (8.7%)

0/6 (0%)

49/588 (8.33%)

9/135 (6.67%)

2

59/725 (8.14%)

Caprine

Galla

Saanen

Toggenburg

0/119 (0%)

1/11 (9.09%)

2

0/94 (0%)

0/3 (0%)

1/26 (3.85%)

1/123 (0.81%)

0/9 (0%)

1/132 (0.76%)

Ovine

Doper

Merino

4/236 (1.7%)

0/47 (0%)

0

4/290 (1.38%)

0/2 (0%)

4/246 (1.63%)

0/37 (0%)

4/283 (1.41%)

Total samples

1140

1140

1140

64/1140 (5.61%)