Prevalence of Strongyle Infection and Associated Risk Factors in Horses and Donkeys in and around Mekelle City, Northern Part of Ethiopia

Table 1

Prevalence and risk factor analysis results.

Risk factor	Number of examined	Number of positive	Prevalence	COR (95% CI lower-upper)	value
Species
Donkeys	200	106	53		0.959
Horses	184	98	53.3	0.990 (0.663–1.478)
Sex
Male	351	189	53.85		0.357
Female	33	15	45.5	1.4 (0.684–2.867)
Age
Young	48	20	41.7		0.003
Adult	206	126	61.2	0.454 (0.240–0.859)
Old	130	58	44.62	0.88 (0.45–1.73)
Body condition
Good	130	57	43.85
Medium	166	75	45.18	0.947 (0.597–1.504)
Poor	88	72	81.82	0.174 (0.091–0.330)
Management
Extensive	265	158	59.62
Semi-intensive	119	46	38.66	2.343 (1.50–3.65)
Areas (sites)
Hadnet	103	52	50.49		0.291
Quiha	89	42	47.19	1.141 (0.647–2.013)
Adi Haqi	62	37	59.68	0.68 (0.36–1.30)
Kedamay Weyane	59	37	62.71	0.606 (0.31–1.16)
Hawelti	71	36	50.70	0.991 (0.541–1.815)
Total	384	204	53.13