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Table II.
Association between parasite prevalence in goats and sheep and the studied parameters describing animal characters.
| Babesia ovis | ||||||
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| Animal Type | Parameter | No. of samples | Positive | Negative | P-value | |
| Sheep and Goat | Sex | Male | 37 | 20 (54%) | 17 (46%) | 0.009 |
| Female | 70 | 16 (23%) | 54 (77%) | ** | ||
| Age | > 1 year | 72 | 17 (24%) | 55 (76%) | 0.01 | |
| < 1 year | 35 | 19 (61%) | 16 (39%) | ** | ||
| Tick burden | No tick | 96 | 31 (32%) | 65 (68%) | 0.522 | |
| One or more ticks | 11 | 5 (45%) | 6 (55%) | NS | ||
| Sheep | Sex | Male | 20 | 15 (75%) | 5 (25%) | 0.71 |
| Female | 20 | 5 (25%) | 15 (75%) | NS | ||
| Age | > 1 year | 20 | 6 (30%) | 14 (70%) | 0.67 | |
| < 1 year | 20 | 14 (70%) | 6 (30%) | NS | ||
| Tick burden | No tick | 33 | 18 (55%) | 15 (45%) | 0.07 | |
| One or more ticks | 7 | 2 (28%) | 5 (72%) | NS | ||
| Goat | Sex | Male | 17 | 5 (29%) | 12 (71%) | 0.528 |
| Female | 50 | 11 (22%) | 39 (78%) | NS | ||
| Age | > 1 year | 52 | 11 (21%) | 41 (79%) | 0.326 | |
| < 1 year | 15 | 5 (33%) | 10 (67%) | NS | ||
| Tick burden | No tick | 62 | 13 (21%) | 49 (79%) | 0.083 | |
| One or more ticks | 5 | 3 (60%) | 2 (40%) | NS | ||
Probability of Fisher Exact test is mentioned for each parameter: NS = non significant (P > 0.05); ** = significant (P < 0.01).
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