a) Seroprevalence by breed. | |||||||
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Breed | Species | Sample size | FMDV | Brucella | BTV | EHDV | PPRV |
Pure | Cattle | 163 | 30.7 | 5.5 | 31.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
Sheep | 107 | 10.3 | - | 42.1 | - | - | |
Goats | 47 | 4.3 | - | 34 | - | - | |
Total | 317 | 19.9 | - | 35.3 | - | - | |
Local mix | Cattle | 116 | 26.7 | 5.2 | 17.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
Sheep | 435 | 14.7 | - | 16.3 | - | - | |
Goats | 90 | 6.7 | - | 21.1 | - | - | |
Total | 641 | 15.8 | - | 17.2 | - | - | |
Chi-squared1 | Cattle | NS | NS | ** | ** | * | |
Sheep | NS | - | *** | - | - | ||
Goats | NS | - | * | - | - | ||
Total | NS | - | *** | - | - | ||
1Chi-squared tests were used throughout, with the exception of tests for PPRV and EHDV, for which Fisher Exact tests were used due to small sample sizes. *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05; NS p > 0.05. | |||||||
b) Seroprevalence by age. | |||||||
Age | Species | Sample size2 | FMDV | Brucella | BTV | EHDV | PPRV |
Mean age +ve | Cattle | - | 4.5 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
Sheep | - | 4 | - | 3.6 | - | - | |
Goats | - | 3 | - | 3.6 | - | - | |
Mean age -ve | Cattle | - | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
Sheep | - | 3.1 | - | 3 | - | - | |
Goats | - | 2.7 | - | 3 | - | - | |
K-W test 1 | Cattle | ** | ** | ** | NS | NS | |
Sheep | ** | - | * | - | - | ||
Goats | NS | - | * | - | - |