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Table 3 Prevalence (%) of mites in sheep and goats in three agro-ecological zones

From: Mites of sheep and goats in Oromia Zone of Amhara Region, North Eastern Ethiopia: species, prevalence and farmers awareness

 

Sheep

Goat

 

High land

Mid land

Low land

High land

Mid land

Low land

Mites spp.

n = 425

n = 430

n = 425

n = 424

n = 417

n = 423

Sarcoptes

0

7.9

3.5

0

17.5

13.5

Demodex

0

3.9

2.4

0

4.6

4.0

Psoroptes

2.6

2.3

0.0

0.9

0.7

0.2

Overall

2.6

14.25

5.9

0.9

22.8

17.7