Cryptosporidium Infection and Associated Risk Factors among Cattle in the Central Region of Ghana

Table 1

Occurrence of Cryptosporidium infection in cattle by sex, age, and faecal consistency.

Variable	Number of samples (%)	Number of positives (%)	95% CI	value
Sex
Male	55 (19.2)	12 (21.8)	10.6-33.1	0.716
Female	232 (80.8)	56 (24.1)	18.6-29.7
Age category
<12 months	65 (22.7)	8 (12.3)	4.1-20.5	0.049
12-24 months	44 (15.3)	12 (27.3)	13.6-41.0
>24 months	178 (62.0)	48 (27.0)	20.4-33.5
Faecal consistency
Nondiarrhoeic	238 (82.9)	62 (26.1)	20.4-31.7	0.042
Diarrhoeic	49 (17.1)	6 (12.2)	2.7-21.8

Statistically significant at . CI: confidence interval.