Table 2 Spatio-temporal variation in pathogen prevelance in the blood from cattle

Anaplasma

centrale

0.5 a

0.8 a

X

0.0

0.0

4.6

4.7

2.5

6.25

4.2

5.0

2.1

0.0

3.3 ab

1.3 a

X

0.5 ab

0.0 b

0.4

0.0

0.9

4.8

3.6

6.9

3.9

3.8

0.0

0.8

0.4 a

9.7 b

Overall

0.5 B

0.1 B

3.9 A

4.5 A

4.2 A

0.8 B

3.7 A

Anaplasma

marginale

41.0 a

46.3ac

X

92.1

96.7

65.0 a

66.8 a

X

44.6 ab

53.3 a

X

63.3 a

66.3 a

X

40.4

41.2

70.6

67.4

53.9 c

23.5 b

100

97.1

95.4 c

86.9 d

50 ab

36.6 b

58.6 a

46.4 b

51.6

43.8

72.1

77.3

Overall

45.3 C

96.46 E

78.62 D

47.61 C

58.7 A

44.12 C

71.9 B

Babesia

bigemina

0.9 a

0.0 a

X

18.3 a

32.2 b

X

37.9

41.3

35.8 a

23.3 b

X

20 ab

17.9 ab

X

8.8 a

1.3 b

X

37.2 a

33.5 a

X

1.3 b

1.7 a

17.6 a

14.6 a

17.1

31.6

21.1 b

4.9 c

12.0 a

27.2 b

3.1 ab

7.5 a

21.3 b

12.2 c

Overall

1.0 C

20.7 A

32.3 D

24.26 A

19.3 A

5.2 B

25.3 A

Babesia

bovis

0.5 a

2.9 a

X

15.0 a

12.4 c

X

15.8 a

4.3 b

X

1.6 a

0.4 a

X

0.0

0.0

8.8 a

0.9 b

X

13.3 a

10.5 a

X

2.9 a

0.0 b

4.2 b

4.6 b

1.9 b

6.9 b

0 b

0 b

0.0

0.0

0.0 b

3.8 ab

2.1 b

8.0 a

Overall

2.0 AB

9.1 C

7.33 C

0.65 A

0.0 A

3.4 AB

8.1 C

Ehrlichia

ruminantium

4.7 a

3.3 a

X

11.3 ab

5.4 a

X

15.4 a

27.2 b

X

2.9 a

7.9 a

X

10.4 a

3.8 b

X

2.5

1.3

9.4 a

5.4 ab

X

3.7 ab

0.0 b

13.8 b

11.3 ab

11.6 a

17.9 ab

6.7 a

0.0 b

10.3 a

18.4 a

3.1

2.1

5.0 ab

0.8 b

Overall

3.4 B

10.4 A

18.1 C

5.0 B

10.7 A

2.2 B

4.9 B

Theileria

parva

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.9

3.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.1

2.5

0.0

0.0

Overall

0 A

0.0 A

0.0 A

0.0 A

0.0 A

3.0 A

0.0 A

N° screened

944

960

982

775

953

936

897