Table 2 Animal-level seroprevalence of Brucella spp. in various livestock species
Variable | Level | Livestock species | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cattle | Sheep | Goats | Camels | ||||||||||
n | % Seroprevalence (95% CI) | P-value | n | % Seroprevalence (95% CI) | P- value | n | % Seroprevalence (95% CI) | P-value | n | % Seroprevalence (95% CI) | P-value | ||
Sex | |||||||||||||
|  | Male | 48 | 6.3 (1.3–17.2) | 0.113 | 13 | 7.7 (0.2–36.0-) | 0.298 | 27 | 0.0 (0.0–12.8) | 0.019 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
|  | Female | 250 | 15.2 (11.0–20.3) |  | 105 | 1.9 (0.2–6.7) |  | 79 | 17.7 (10.0–27.9) |  | 10 | 20.0 (2.5–55.6) |  |
Age | |||||||||||||
|  | Young | 25 | 0.0 (0.0–13.7) | 0.031 | 16 | 0.0 (0.0–20.6) | 0.643 | 12 | 0.0 (0.0–26.5) | 0.031 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
|  | Weaners | 31 | 6.5 (0.8–21.4) |  | 18 | 5.6 (0.1–27.3) |  | 11 | 9.1 (0.2–41.3) |  | 0 | 0.0 |  |
|  | Adults | 242 | 16.1 (11.7–21.4) |  | 84 | 2.4 (0.3–8.3) |  | 83 | 15.7 (8.6–25.3) |  | 10 | 20.0 (2.5–55.6) |  |
Pregnancy status | |||||||||||||
|  | No | 212 | 12.3 (8.1–17.5) | 0.267 | 86 | 0.0 (0.0–10.9) | 0.562 | 72 | 8.3 (3.1–17.3) | 0.061 | 2 | 50 (1.3–98.7) | 1 |
|  | Yes | 86 | 17.4 (10.1–27.1) |  | 32 | 3.5 (0.7–9.9) |  | 34 | 23.5 (10.7–41.2) |  | 8 | 12.5 (0.3–52.7) |  |