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Table 1 Distribution of small ruminant nematode fecal egg counts by potential risk factors.

From: Risk factors of gastrointestinal nematode parasite infections in small ruminants kept in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya

 

Variable

Range

FECa

Animal-level

   

Age

Less than 6 months

0 – 13000

31.5

 

6 months or more

0 – 26100

22.3

De-worming

Yes

0 – 4800

6.7

 

No

0 – 26100

24.6

Sex

Male

0 – 26100

24.8

 

Female

0 – 18300

25.3

Birth type

Single

0 – 26100

25.7

 

Twins

0 – 10000

24.1

Species

Sheep

0 – 26100

25.1

 

Goats

0 – 9800

25.2

Farm-level

   

Grazing Supplementation

Yes

0 – 26100

24.4

 

No

0 – 13000

26.8

Off-farm grazing

Yes

0 – 11800

35.8

 

No

0 – 26100

22.1

Grazing system

Zero-grazing

0 – 26100

34.4

 

Tethered

0 – 13000

17.3

 

Free-range

0 – 9800

64.7

Anthelmintic brand

Not Known

0 – 1170

29.6

 

Albendazole

0 – 2100

13.9

 

Levamisole

0 – 13000

38.0

 

Levamisole & Oxyclozanite

0 – 9800

12.9

Sex of farmer

Male

0 – 13000

24.2

 

Female

0 – 26100

28.2

Education of farmer

No formal education

0 – 11700

68.5

 

Primary School

0 – 26100

31.1

 

Secondary School

0 – 4800

32.6

 

Post-secondary school

0 – 7600

9.1

Area-level

   

AEZ

1

0 – 9500

17.8

 

3

0 – 26100

33.5

  1. The table shows the distribution of fecal egg counts by potential risk factors at the animal-, farm- and area- levels investigated in a study of small ruminants in smallholder farms in the Central Highlands of Kenya
  2. a geometric mean fecal egg count (Eggs per gram)