Research Article
Study on Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Equines in and around Bekoji, South Eastern Ethiopia
Table 3
Species wise prevalence and their associated risk factors for the occurrence of GIT nematodes in Equidae.
| | Risk factors | Species of GIT nematode parasites identified | | Migratory strongylids | Mixed infection | O. equi | P. equorum | Nonmigratory strongylids | | Freq | (-) | Freq (%) | (-) | Freq (%) | (-) | Freq (%) | (-) | Freq (%) | (-) |
| | Species | Donkey | 5 (55.6) | 1.92 (0.16) | 248 (78.5) | 9.94 (0.002) | 1 (33.3) | 2.85 (0.09) | 2 (40) | 3.38 (0.066) | 21 (70) | 0.48 (0.487) | | Horse | 4 (44.4) | 68 (21.5) | 2 (66.7) | 3 (60) | 9 (30) | | Sex | Female | 2 (22.2) | 3.06 (0.08) | 165 (52.2) | 0.98 (0.321) | 2 (66.7) | 0.29 (0.587) | 4 (80) | 1.70 (0.192) | 15 (50) | 0.01 (0.905) | | Male | 7 (77.8) | 151 (47.8) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (20) | 15 (50) | | Body condition | Good | 1 (11.1) | 2.70 (0.25) | 31 (9.8) | 44.5 (0.001) | 1 (33.3) | 1.33 (0.513) | 1 (20) | 1.28 (0.526) | 9 (30) | 11.9 (0.003) | | Medium | 8 (88.9) | 208 (65.8) | 2 (66.7) | 4 (80) | 21 (70) | | Poor | 0 (0) | 77 (24.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | Age | Adult | 8 (88.9) | 2.91 (0.23) | 189 (59.8) | 16.6 (0.001) | 0 (0) | 10.9 (0.004) | 4 (80) | 0.91 (0.63) | 28 (93.4) | 11.9 (0.003) | | Old | 0 (0) | 75 (23.7) | 3 (100) | 1 (20) | 1 (3.3) | | Young | 1 (11.1) | 52 (16.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.3) | | Over all prevalence | 9 (2.5) | | 316 (87) | | 3 (0.8) | | 5 (1.4) | | 30 (8.3) | |
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