Gastrointestinal Helminth Parasites of Chicken under Different Management System in Mekelle Town, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate regression analysis of cestode and nematodes among the considered risk factors (coproscopy).

Possible Risk factor		Number Examined	Cestode			Nematode
			Number	Crud OR	Adjusted OR	Number	Crud OR	Adjusted OR
			Positive (%)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	Positive (%)	(95% CI )	(95% CI)
Management	Intensive	125	100(80.0)	1	1	89(71.20)	1	1
	Semi intensive	130	117(90.0)	2.3(1.1-4.6)	2.3(0.98-5.2)	114(87.7)	2.9(1.5-5.5)	2.6(1.2-5.5)
	Backyard	155	148(95.5)	5.3(2.2-12.7)	4.9(1.1-20.9)	142(91.6)	4.8(2.4-9.8)	4.1(1.2-14.3)
Breed	Exotic	213	179(84.0)	1	1	166(77.9)	1	1
	Local	197	186(94.4)	3.2(1.6-6.5)	1.2(0.4-3.9)	179(90.9)	2.9(1.6-5.4)	1.1(0.4-3.1)
Sex	Female	201	178(88.6)	1	1	161(80.1)	1	1
	Male	209	187(89.5)	1.1(0.5-1.6)	1.3(0.7-0.5)	184(88.0)	1.8(0.3-0.9)	1.4(0.4-1.3 )
Overall		410	365(89.0)			346(84.4)