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Table 4 Number of cattle infested, total number of ticks, mean tick burden per cattle ± standard error of mean (SE) with respect to district, season, cattle sex, age, animal health status and tick control frequency

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

Variables

No. of cattle

Tick counts

Mean tick burden ± SE

Std Dev

p-value

District

     

Iringa

164

1870

11.40 ± 1.00

12.76

0.625

Kilombero

140

1690

12.07 ± 0.91

10.80

 

Season

     

Dry

156

1746

11.19 ± 0.99

12.33

0.436

Wet

148

1814

12.26 ± 0.92

11.40

 

Cattle sex

     

Female

212

2286

10.78 ± 0.73

10.66

0.039

Male

92

1274

13.85 ± 1.47

14.14

 

Cattle age group

     

Adult

216

2654

12.29 ± 0.85

12.44

0.403

Calf

16

160

10.00 ± 2.98

11.91

 

Juvenile

72

746

10.36 ± 1.18

10.02

 

Cattle health status

     

Average

216

2394

11.08 ± 0.75

11.01

0.221

Good

43

624

14.51 ± 2.21

14.44

 

Poor

45

542

12.04 ± 1.95

13.09

 

Tick control frequency

    

Weekly

56

338

6.11 ± 0.77

5.75

0.000

Biweekly

119

1 516

12.77 ± 1.01

11.02

 

Monthly

65

970

14.83 ± 2.20

17.74

 

Occasionally

54

550

10.15 ± 0.95

6.99

 

Unknown

10

186

18.60 ± 2.91

9.19

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