Distribution and molecular identification of ixodid ticks infesting cattle in Kilombero and Iringa Districts, Tanzania

Table 1 Number of cattle examined, infested cattle and tick infestation prevalence with respect to district, season, cattle sex, age, animal health status and tick control frequency

Variables	Number of cattle examined	Number of cattle infested	Prevalence (%)	p- value
District
Iringa	402	164	40.80	0.864
Kilombero	338	140	41.42
Season
Dry	380	156	41.05	0.987
Wet	360	148	41.11
Cattle sex
Female	531	212	39.92	0.308
Male	209	92	44.02
Cattle age group
Adult	528	216	40.91	0.240
Calf	31	16	51.61	0.217
Juvenile	181	72	39.78	0.789
Cattle health status
Average	517	216	41.78	0.603
Good	110	43	39.09	0.911
Poor	113	45	39.82	0.702
Tick control frequency
Weekly	135	56	41.48	0.844
Biweekly	294	119	40.48	0.909
Monthly	154	65	42.21	0.901
Occasionally	133	54	40.60	0.884
Unknown	24	10	41.67	0.987

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