Epidemiological Distribution of Major Ectoparasites Species of Small Ruminant in the Case of Chemical Control Campaign in Welkait District, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Table 3

Ectoparasites species distribution in goats based on sex age and flock type.

Species of ectoparasites	Sex			Age			Flock type
	Male (n = 112)	Female (n = 212)	χ^2 ( value)	Adult (n = 168)	Young (n = 156)	χ^2 ( value)	Single (n = 163)	Mixed (n = 161)	χ^2 ( value)
R. evertsi evertsi	27 (24.11)	81 (38.21)	6.557 (0.010)	83 (49.40)	25 (16.03)	40.556 (0.00)	43 (26.38)	65 (40.37)	7.136 (0.008)
R.B. decoloratus	11 (9.82)	8 (3.77)	4.856 (0.028)	8 (4.76)	11 (7.05)	0.768 (0.381)	3 (1.84)	16 (9.94)	9.621 (0.002)
A. variegatum	56 (50.00)	102 (48.1)	0.104 (0.747)	94 (55.95)	64 (41.03)	7.214 (0.007)	65 (39.88)	93 (57.76)	10.372 (0.001)
A. gemma	4 (1.89)	4 (3.57)	0.864 (0.353)	4 (2.38)	4 (2.56)	0.011 (0.915)	5 (3.07)	3 (1.86)	0.488 (0.485)
L. stenopsis	36 (32.14)	48 (22.64)	3.445 (0.063)	39 (23.21)	45 (28.85)	1.336 (0.248)	39 (23.93)	45 (27.95)	0.683 (0.409)
C. felis	1 (0.89)	4 (1.89)	0.477 (0.490)	3 (1.79)	2 (1.28)	0.135 (0.713)	5 (3.07)	0 (0.00)	5.016 (0.025)
C. canis	26 (23.21)	34 (16.04)	2.501 (0.114)	15 (8.93)	45 (28.85)	21.267 (0.00)	33 (20.25)	27 (16.5)	0.648 (0.421)
S. scapie var. caprea	2 (1.38%)	2 (0.71)	0.453 (0.501)	2 (0.96%)	2 (0.92)	0.002 (0.966)	3 (1.33)	1 (0.50)	0.772 (0.379)
Total	84 (75.00)	162 (76.42)	0.080 (0.777)	134 (79.76)	112 (71.79)	2.809 (0.094)	112 (68.71)	134 (83.23)	9.340 (0.002)