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Table 1 Biometric data assessing signalment of cattle sampled for fluke infection at high (n = 145) and low (n = 94) altitudes [95% confidence intervals are shown]

From: Bovine fasciolosis at increasing altitudes: Parasitological and malacological sampling on the slopes of Mount Elgon, Uganda

 

Low altitude < 1500 m

High altitude > 1500 m

 

Percentage (95%CI)

Percentage (95 % CI)

Breed

Local

39.3 (31.3-47.8)

23.4 (15.3-33.3)

Hybrid

20.0 (13.8-27.4)

34.0 (24.6-44.5)

Friesian

19.3 (13.2-26.7)

38.3 (28.5-48.9)

Unknown

  

Age

Calf

14.5 (9.2-21.3)

14.9 (8.4-23.7)

Sub-adult

11.7 (7.0-18.1)

28.7 (19.9-39.0)

Adult

73.8 (65.9-80.7)

56.4 (45.8-66.6)

Body condition score

1

0.9 (0.0-4.8)

4.4 (1.2-10.9)

2

15.9 (9.7-24.0)

31.9 (22.5-42.5)

3

65.5 (56.0-74.2)

55.0 (44.2-65.4)

4

17.7 (11.2-26.0)

7.7 (3.2-15.2)

5

0.0 (0.0-3.2)

1.1 (0.0-6.0)

Underweight (BCS 1-2)

16.8 (10.4-25.0)

36.3 (26.4-47.0)

Sex

Male

27.4 (19.5-36.6)

16.3 (9.2-25.8)

Female

72.6 (63.4-80.5)

83.7 (74.2-90.8)