Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections and Assessment of Deworming Program among Cattle and Buffaloes in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

Table 3

Percentage of GI parasite infection based on gender.

Type	Gender	Percentage of infected cattle ()	Percentage of overall infection ()	P value; (5 level of significance)
Cows (N=147)	Male (N=28)	32.14 (n=9)	11.56	0.04
	Female (N=119)	6.72 (n=8)	(17/147)
Buffaloes (N=16)	Male (N=5)	60.00 (n=3)	31.25
	Female (N=11)	18.18 (n=2)	(5/16)
Overall (N=163)	Male (N=33)	36.36 (n=12)		0.03
	Female (N=130)	7.69 (n=10)

Note: N = total number in the study population; n = number of infected individuals with GI parasites. Different superscript letters in a column show significant differences (P < 0.05) indicated by Tukey’s pairwise tests after GLM.