Prevalence of Bovine Tuberculosis in Abattoirs of the Littoral and Western Highland Regions of Cameroon: A Cause for Public Health Concern

Table 2

Detection of anti-TB antibodies in 90 randomly selected cattle using the lateral-flow rapid test.

Parameter	Number of cattle testing positive (% of antibody positive reactors)	Chi-square statistics ($P<.05$)
Abattoir
Bamenda $[n=67]$	41(45.56)
Dschang $[n=23]$	13(14.44)	S
Breed
Red Bororo $[n=\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}40]$	25(27.78)
White Fulani $[n=33]$	19(21.11)
Gudali $[n=\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}2]$	1(1.11)	S*
Crossed $[n=\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}15]$	9(10.00)
Body condition
Fat $[n\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}=\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}2]$	1(1.11)
Medium $[n\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}=16]$	9(10.00)	S
Lean $[n\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}=\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}72]$	44(48.89)
Sex
Male $[n=27]$	14(15.56)
Female $[n=63]$	40(44.44)	S
Age
Cattle <4 years $[n=8]$	3(3.33)
Cattle 4–6years $[n=61]$	38(42.22)	S
Cattle >6 years $[n=21]$	13(14.44)
Total $[n=90]$	54 (60.0)

S* = not significantly different at $P\ge .01$.