Table 1 Prevalence of Cryptosporidium species and G. duodenalis in lambs by study site, sex and age group in Oromia Special Zone, central Ethiopia (January–June, 2014)
Parameters | Samples examined (N = 389) | Parasites studied | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cryptosporidium | G. duodenalis | ||||||
No. of samples positives n (%) | χ2 | p value | No. of samples positives n (%) | χ2 | p value | ||
Study Site | |||||||
 Holetta | 103 | 2 (1.9) |  |  | 4 (3.9) |  |  |
 Sendafa | 158 | 2 (1.3) | 5.285 | 0.071 | 4 (2.5) | 1.229 | 0.542 |
 Chancho | 128 | 4 (3.1) |  |  | 2 (1.6) |  |  |
Sex | |||||||
 Male | 188 | 3 (1.6) | 0.383 | 0.536 | 2 (1.1) | 3.298 | 0.069 |
 Female | 201 | 5 (2.5) | 8 (4.0) | ||||
Age group | |||||||
 <5 weeks | 90 | 3 (3.3) |  |  | 0 (0.0) |  |  |
 5–8 weeks | 163 | 3 (1.8) | 0.998 | 0.607 | 5 (3.1) | 3.199 | 0.202 |
 >8 weeks | 136 | 2 (1.5) |  |  | 5 (3.7) |  |  |