Infestation and Identification of Ixodid Tick in Cattle: The Case of Arbegona District, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Potential risk factors for tick infestation status of cattle in Arbegona district.

Risk factors	Number of animals examined	Number of positive animals	95% CI		value
Kebeles
Charicho	128	109 (85%)	—	1.402	0.705
Gute	128	88 (68.7%)	47.4–68.5
Yaye 01	128	94 (73.4%)	53.8–73.4
Sex
Female	249	290 (76.3%)	—	0.559	0.454
Male	135	101 (74.8%)	55.7–75.8
Age
Old	63	62 (98.4%)	—	6.154	0.046
Adult	194	153 (78.8%)	56.7–68.0
Young	127	76 (59.8%)	42.4–68.8
Body condition
Poor	32	32 (100%)	—	6.812	0.000
Medium	306	227 (74%)	46.6–58.9
Good	46	32 (69.5%)	69.1–100
Season
Wet	237	184 (77.6%)	—	1.023	0.312
Dry	147	107 (72.7%)	51.1–67.9
Total	384	291 (75.7%)