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

Table 4

Percentage of cattle belonging to different age groups with GI parasitic infections.

Type	Age group	Percentage of infected cattle ()	P value
Cows (N=147)	Calves (N=41)	17.07 (n=7)	0.042
	Yearlings (N=56)	14.29 (n=8)
	Elderly (N=50)	4.00 (n=2)
Buffaloes (N=16)	Calves (N=3)	33.33 (n=1)	0.037
	Yearlings (N=4)	50.00 (n=2)
	Elderly (N=9)	22.22 (n=2)

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.