Pathogen Variables Prevalence 95% CI
  Odds Ratio Lower Upper
Anaplasma        
phagocytophilum Female & MC 4.52 2.57 7.94
  Male & MC 6.41 2.28 18.01
  1500 m & 1300 m 2.65 1.14 6.14
  1700 m & 1300 m 7.00 1.30 37.71
  Cattle & Goat/Sheep 3.28 1.78 6.03
  BCS 2 & 3 compared at Elevation 1300 m 1.74 1.26 2.40
  BCS 2 & 3 compared at Elevation 1700 m 3.62 1.57 8.36
  BCS 2 & 4 compared at Elevation 1300 m 3.03 1.59 5.78
  BCS 2 & 4 compared at Elevation 1700 m 13.11 2.46 69.85
SFG rickettsiae        
  1300 m & 1500 m 2.71 1.75 4.19
  1300 m & 1700 m 6.86 2.95 15.97
  1500 m & 1700 m 2.54 1.69 3.81
  Cattle & Goat/Sheep 4.20 1.56 11.11
  Cattle & Horse 42.35 7.32 245.14
  BCS 3 & 2 compared at Elevation 1300 m 1.74 1.26 2.40
  BCS 3 & 2 compared at Elevation 1700 m 1.17 0.68 2.00
  BCS 4 & 2 compared at Elevation 1700 m 1.36 0.46 4.00
Anaplasma ovis        
  Cattle & Goat/Sheep 1881.83 3.06 1155806.62
  BCS of 3 compared at Elevations of 1300 and 1500 m 2.88 1.23 6.76
  BCS of 3 compared at Elevations of 1300 and 1700 m 8.30 1.51 45.73
  BCS of 4 compared at Elevations of 1300 and 1700 m 3.61 1.24 10.52
  BCS of 4 compared at Elevations of 1300 and 1700 m 13.03 1.53 110.78
m: meter; MC: castrated male; BCS: body condition score; Goat/Sheep: indicates goat and sheep combined into one category
Table 6: Summary of significant prevalence odds ratio comparisons of BCS, gender, species, elevation, and any appropriate interactions, for all tick-borne pathogen logistic regression analyses of Mongolian livestock in 2007-2008. Reference categories are as follows: BCS: <2; Species: cattle; Gender: female; Elevation=1300 m.