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

Table 4

Ectoparasites species distribution in sheep by agroecology and body condition scores.

Species of ectoparasites	Agroecology				Body condition scores
	Highland (n = 21)	Midland (n = 11)	Lowland (n = 70)	χ^2 ( value)	Good (n = 41)	Medium (n = 36)	Poor (n = 25)	χ^2 ( value)
R. evertsi evertsi	12 (57.14)	6 (54.55)	40 (57.14)	0.027 (0.987)	22 (53.66)	20 (55.56)	16 (64.00)	0.716 (0.699)
R. B. decoloratus	7 (33.33)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	28.980 (0.001)	2 (5.00)	4 (11.11)	1 (4.00)	71.892 (0.001)
A. variegatum	17 (80.95)	9 (81.82)	1 (1.43)	71.081 (0.001)	11 (26.83)	12 (33.33)	4 (16.00)	2.282 (0.319)
A. gemma	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	12 (17.39)	6.217 (0.045)	5 (12.20)	1 (2.78)	6 (24.00)	6.414 (0.040)
C. canis	2 (9.52)	0 (0.00)	5 (7.14)	1.052 (0.591)	5 (4.88)	3 (8.33)	2 (8.00)	0.425 (0.809)
Total	18 (85.71)	11 (100.00)	46 (65.71)	7.759 (0.021)	27 (65.85)	27 (75.00)	21 (84.00)	2.689 (0.261)