Variables | No. of cattle | Tick counts | Mean tick burden ± SE | Std Dev | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
District | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Iringa | 164 | 1870 | 11.40 ± 1.00 | 12.76 | 0.625 |
Kilombero | 140 | 1690 | 12.07 ± 0.91 | 10.80 |  |
Season | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Dry | 156 | 1746 | 11.19 ± 0.99 | 12.33 | 0.436 |
Wet | 148 | 1814 | 12.26 ± 0.92 | 11.40 |  |
Cattle sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Female | 212 | 2286 | 10.78 ± 0.73 | 10.66 | 0.039 |
Male | 92 | 1274 | 13.85 ± 1.47 | 14.14 |  |
Cattle age group | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
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 |  |