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Table 2 Rift Valley fever sero-prevalence (on IgG ELISA test) among cattle and small ruminants from the three Districts of Hoima, Kibaale and Masindi in Western Uganda (2013)

From: Serological evidence of Rift Valley fever virus infection among domestic ruminant herds in Uganda

Species

District

positive / total tested (%)

95% CI

Cattle

Hoima

4/33 (12.1)

3.4–28.2

 

Kibaale

2/20 (10.0)

1.2–31.7

 

Masindi

15/60 (25.0)

14.7–37.9

Total cattle

3 districts

21/113 (18.6)

11.9–27.0

Small ruminants

Hoima

0/11 (0.0)

–

 

Masindi

1/32 (3.1)

0.1–16.2

Total small ruminants

2 districts

1/43 (2.3)

0.1–12.3

Grand Total

2 districts + 2 species

23/156 (14.7)

9.6–21.3

  1. Caption. The chi-square statistic test on cattle vs small ruminants is 4.0687, with a p-value of 0.043684 showing a significant (p < 0.05) difference between the two population