Factors
Category
No. examined
No. of positive (prevalence in %)
E. gallinacean
C. mutans
L. caponis
M. stramineus
C. heterograha
Sex
Female
241
85 (35.27)
63 (26.14)
11 (4.56)
4 (1.67)
99 (41.08)
Male
149
88 (59.06)
72 (48.32)
13 (8.72)
1 (0.67)
96 (64.43)
χ2/Fishers’exact
21.114
20.015
2.760
0.711
20.082
p-value
0.000
0.000
0.097
0.653
0.000
OR (M/F)
2.648
2.642
-
-
2.598
95% CI
1.740 - 4.030
4.066-1.717
-
-
1.703-3.963
Age
Young
178
86 (48.31)
76 (42.67)
11 (6.18)
2 (1.12)
105 (58.98)
Adult
212
87 (41.03)
59 (27.83)
13 (6.13)
3 ( 1.42)
90 (42.45)
χ2/Fishers’exact
2.076
9.448
0.000
0.065
10.583
p-value
0.150
0.002
0.984
1.000
0.001
OR (Y/A)
-
1.932
-
-
1.950
95% CI
-
1.267-2.948
-
-
1.301-2.921
Breed
Local
265
145 (54.71)
130 (49.06)
19 (7.160
4 (1.51)
170(64.15)
Exotic
125
28 (22.4)
5 (4)
5 (4)
1 (0.8)
25 (20)
χ
2
/Fishers’exact
35.940
76.184
1.478
0.338
66.226
p-value
0.000
0.000
0.224
1.000
0.000
OR (L/E)
4.186
23.111
-
-
7.158
95% CI
2.577-6.799
9.151-58.368
-
-
4.319-11.861
Management
Extensive
303
173 (57.1)
135 (44.55)
24 (7.92)
5 (1.65)
195 (64.35)
Semi-intensive
87
0
0
0
0
0
χ2/Fishers’exact
89.275
59.284
7.343
1.454
1.120
p-value
0.000
0.000
0.004
0.591
0.000
Table 4:
Prevalence, risk estimate, presence or absence of statistical significance difference in prevalence for each species of identified ectoparasites.
