Research Article

Prevalence and Direct Economic Losses from Bovine Tuberculosis in Makurdi, Nigeria

Table 1

Annual prevalence of tuberculosis lesions in cattle slaughtered in Makurdi abattoirs from 2008 to 2012.

Parameter Number of slaughtered cattle (%)Number of TB lesionsPrevalence (%)95% CI

Year
 200819429 (31.51)1750.90a(0.65–1.18)
 200917011 (27.60)3412.00a(1.19–2.64)
 201010988 (17.82)2652.41(1.67–3.32)
 201110104 (16.39)2302.28(0.94–3.70)
 20124131 (6.70)1674.04b(−3.17–13.13)
Season
 Raining37262 (60.44)6311.69(−2.63–0.59)
 Dry24392 (39.56)5472.24(−2.86–0.82)

Total6165411721.90(1.45–3.05)

Mean percentages with the different letters in the same column were significantly different (P > 0.05).