Seroprevalence of Brucellosis and Associated Risk Factors among Indigenous Breeds of Goats in Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria

Table 2

Seroprevalence of antibodies to Brucella in goats sample in Wukari based on age, sex, and breeds.

VARIABLES	NUMBER OF SERA TESTED	NUMBER OF POSITIVE (%)	ODDS RATIO	95% CI	P-VALUE
			(OR)	On OR
AGE
<20 months	71	2 (2.8)	1.71	0.11-15.2	0.007
22-35 months	199	16 (8.0)	0.60	0.06-3.51
36-45 months	96	18 (18.7)	0.23	0.02-1.33
46-55 months and above	20	1 (5.0)	1.00
SEX
Male	264	25 (9.5)	0.96	0.48-1.94	0.909
Female	122	12 (9.8)
BREED
Red Sokoto	100	12 (12.0)	1.00		0.360
Kano Brown	78	10 (12.8)	0.93	0.40-2.31
Sahel	43	5 (11.6)	1.04	0.33-2.81
West African Dwarf goat	111	6 (5.4)	2.39	0.87-6.53
Cross	54	4 (7.4)	1.70	0.58-5.02
TOTAL	386	37 (9.6)