Table 5 Prevalence of mites in sheep and goat according to body condition
Sheep | Goats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good (n = 1181) | Poor (n = 99) | Good (n = 1093) | Poor (n = 171) | |||||
Mites spp | No. positive | Prevalence (%) | No. positive | Prevalence (%) | No. positive | Prevalence (%) | No. positive | Prevalence (%) |
Sarcoptes | 24 | 2.0 | 25 | 25.3 | 53 | 4.8 | 77 | 45.0 |
Demodex | 18 | 1.5 | 9 | 9.1 | 21 | 1.9 | 15 | 8.8 |
Psoroptes | 14 | 1.2 | 7 | 7.1 | 5 | 0.5 | 3 | 1.8 |
Overall | 56 | 4.7 | 41 | 41.1 | 79 | 7.2 | 95 | 55.6 |