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

Table 3

Risk factors for Cryptosporidium infection among cattle in the Central Region.

Variable	Prevalence (%)	Odds ratio (95% CI)	value
Age category
<12 months	12.3	1
12-24 months	27.3	2.45 (0.895-6.708)	0.81
>24 months	27.0	2.64 (1.163-6.000)	0.20
Faecal consistency
Nondiarrhoeic	26.1	1
Diarrhoeic	12.2	0.413 (0.165-1.037)	0.60
Agroecological zone
Coastal savanna	26.9	1
Semideciduous forest	12.5	0.408 (0.182-0.915)	0.030

Statistically significant at . CI: confidence interval.