Prevalence and Species Identification of Ixodid Ticks of Small Ruminants in Benadir Region, Somalia

Table 2

Overall prevalence of tick distribution and its significance analysis on species and sex relation in small ruminants of the study area.

Variable	Category	No. examined animal	No. of infested animal (%)	X^2	value
Species	Sheep	154	79 (51.3)	25.31	0.000
	Goat	230	175 (76.1)
Sex	Male	138	88 (63.76)	3.024	0.220
	Female	246	172 (69.92)