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Table 2 BTB prevalence in cattle, goats and camels at individual animal and herd levels within the traditional livestock husbandry system in the study regions using standard cut-off (> 4 mm). NA = not applicable

From: Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle, goats, and camels of traditional livestock raising communities in Eritrea

Number and herds of cattle, goats and camels tested

Anseba

Debub

Gash Barka

Southern Red Sea

Overall

 Number (%) of cattle

219 (20.3)

385 (35.7)

471 (43.7)

2 (0.2)

1077 (100)

 Number (%) of goats

133 (15.2)

171 (19.5)

403 (46)

169 (19.3)

876 (100)

 Number (%) of camels

21 (10.8)

NA

158 (81.0)

16 (8.2)

195 (100)

Total number (%) tested/region

373 (17.4)

556 (25.9)

1032 (48)

187 (8.7)

2148 (100)

Individual animal Prevalence (%)

 Cattle

1 (0.5)

9 (2.3)

3 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

13 (1.2)

 Goats

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Camels

3 (13.6)

NA

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (1.5)

Herds of cattle, goats and camels tested

 Herds (%) of cattle

87 (21.1)

163 (39.5)

161 (38.9)

2 (0.5)

413 (100)

 Herds (%) of goats

25 (10.3)

44 (18.1)

140 (57.6)

34 (14.0)

243 (100)

 Herds (%) of camels

6 (8.3)

0 (0.0)

50 (72.2)

14 (19.4)

70 (100)

Herd prevalence (%)

 Cattle

1 (1.2)

9 (5.5)

3 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

13 (3.2)

 Goats

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Camels

2 (33.3)

NA

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (2.9)