Research Article
Ectoparasites Prevalence in Small Ruminants in and around Sekela, Amhara Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Prevalence (%) of ectoparasites in sheep (
) with sex, age, and body condition.
| | Ectoparasites | Sex | value | Age | value | Body condition | value | | Male () | Female () | Young () | Adult () | Poor () | Good () |
| | Lice | 13 (14.9%) | 57 (26.3%) | 0.034 | 7 (26.9%) | 63 (22.7%) | >0.05 | 63 (24.5%) | 7 (13.7%) | >0.05 | | Tick | 29 (33.3%) | 40 (18.4%) | <0.01 | 15 (57.7%) | 54 (19.4%) | <0.001 | 62 (24.5%) | 7 (13.7%) | >0.05 | | Demodex spp. | 1 (1.1%) |
1 (0.5%) | >0.05 | 1 (3.8%) | 1 (0.4%) | >0.05 | 2 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | >0.05 | | Ctenocephalides spp. | 12 (13.8%) | 20 (9.2%) | >0.05 | 3 (11.5%) | 29 (10.4%) | >0.05 | 32 (12.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.01 | | Melophagus ovinus | 13 (14.9%) | 15 (6.9%) | 0.029 | 9 (34.6%) | 19 (6.8%) | <0.001 | 28 (11.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.01 |
| | Overall prevalence | 56 (64.4%) | 89 (41%) | <0.001 | 18 (69.2%) | 127 (45.7%) | 0.022 | 122 (48.2%) | 23 (45.1%) | >0.05 |
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