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Table II.

Association between parasite prevalence in cattle and the studied parameters describing animal and herd characters.

Characters Parameters No. of Samples T. annulata + ive T. annulata - ive P-value (F)
Animal Sex Male 9 1 (13%) 8 (87%) 0.26
Female 86 31 (36%) 45 (64%) (NS)

Age > 1 year 15 2 (15%) 13 (85%) 0.08
< 1 year 80 30 (38%) 50 (62%) (NS)

Ticks Absent 44 14 (32%) 30 (68%) 0.82
Present 51 18 (35%) 33 (65%) (NS)

Prior treatment Yes 4 3 (75%) 1 (25%) 0.10
No 91 29 (32%) 62 (68%) (NS)

Herd Size 1–15 cattle 75 28 (37%) 47 (63%) 0.18
More than 15 cattle 20 4 (20%) 16 (80%) (NS)

Dogs with herd Absent 31 11 (36%) 20 (64%) 0.82
Present 64 21 (33%) 43 (67%) (NS)

Ticks on dogs Absent 35 11 (31%) 24 (69%) 0.82
Present 60 21 (35%) 39 (65%) (NS)

Probability of Fisher’s exact test is mentioned for each parameter. For all parameters, P > 0.05 and results are statistically non significant (NS).

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