Bovine Trypanosomosis and Its Vectors in Three Selected Districts of Buno Bedele Zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Table 3

The prevalence of trypanosome and effect of associated risk factors in the study areas.

Factor	Number of animals examined	Prevalence in number (%)	χ^2	value
Study sites
Chewaka	432	12 (2.78)	2.146	0.342
Meko	213	6 (2.82)
Dabo Hana	401	18 (4.49)
Status
Nonanaemic	630	11 (1.75)	13.705	0.000
Aneamic	416	25 (6.01)
Sex
Male	652	20 (3.53)	0.729	0.393
Female	394	16 (3.30)
Body condition
Poor	274	20 (5.47)	16.705	0.000
Medium	704	15 (2.84)
Good	68	1 (1.47)
Age
1 year	58	5 (6.90)	10.207	0.070
2 years	265	13 (4.15)
3 years	425	12 (3.29)
4 years	211	6 (3.32)
5 years	85	0 (0.00)
6 years	2	0 (0.00)

χ ² = chi-square,  ≥ 0.05 = nonsignificant, and  < 0.05 = significant. indicates differences along the column.