Research Article
Evaluation of Risk Factors for Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus in Sheep and Goats at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface in Punjab Province, Pakistan
Table 3
Univariable analysis of host related determinants involved in antibodies based prevalence of PPRV.
| Sr. number | Risk factors | Number of samples | Number of positive samples | % occurrence of PPRV | 95% confidence interval | value | OR |
| (1) | Location | | | | | 0.001 | 3.59 | Lahore | 100 | 35 | 35.0% | 25.7; 44.3 | | | Wagah Town | 44 | 16 | 36.4% | 22.2; 50.6 | | | Jallo Basti | 56 | 19 | 33.9% | 21.5; 46.3 | | | Faisalabad | 138 | 18 | 13.0% | −3.4; 29.4 | | | Chak Jumra | 43 | 4 | 9.3% | 0.6; 18.0 | | | Chak 200 RB | 30 | 5 | 16.7% | 3.4; 30.0 | | | Chak 199 RB | 27 | 3 | 11.1% | −0.7; 22.9 | | | Madina Town | 18 | 6 | 33.3% | 11.6; 55.0 | | | UAF clinic | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | −0.0; 1.0 | | | G. M Abattoir | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | −0.0; 1.0 | | |
| (2) | Species | | | | | 0.001 | 4.18 | Goats | 113 | 39 | 34.5% | 25.3; 42.5 | | | Sheep | 125 | 14 | 11.2% | 5.8; 16.8 | | |
| (3) | Sex | | | | | <0.001 | 6.38 | Female | 199 | 51 | 25.6% | 19.6; 25.7 | | | Male | 39 | 2 | 5.1% | −1.1; 12.0 | | |
| (4) | Age | | | | | 0.15 | 0.47 | <2 years | 52 |
07 | 13.5% | 4.2; 22.8 | | | ≥2 years | 186 | 46 | 24.7% | 18.7; 30.9 | | |
| (5) | Feeding pattern | | | | | 0.296 | 0.65 | Stall feeding | 104 | 19 | 18.3% | 10.8; 25.7 | | | Grazing | 134 | 34 | 25.4% | 18.0; 32.7 | | |
| | Total | 238 | 53 | 22.3% | 16.9; 27.5 | | |
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High significance (); significance (); NS: nonsignificance ().
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