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Table 2 Individual variables, prevalence, and univariate analysis of risk factor of tuberculosis-like lesions in slaughtered goats

From: Abattoir-based study on the epidemiology of caprine tuberculosis in Ethiopia using conventional and molecular tools

Variables

No of carcasses examined

No (% positive)

χ2–value

P-value

Age

  

6.436

0.011*

  ≤1.5 year

1048

26(2.5)

  

  >1.5 year

942

43(4.6)

Origin

  

6.140

0.189*

  Borena

472

23 (4.9)

  

  Arsi

360

13 (3.6)

  Jimma

386

15 (3.9)

  South wello

386

10 (2.6)

  Somali

386

8(2.1)

Goat type

  

1.165

0.76(NS)

 Somali

858

31(4.5)

  

 Arsi-Bale

360

13 (3.6)

  

 C. Lowlands

386

15 (3.9)

  

 Afar

386

10 (2.6)

  
  1. *-the value is significant; NS- not significant.