Animal Diseases

Table 2 Livestock characteristics and bacterial tick-borne pathogens prevalence

From: First molecular identification of multiple tick-borne pathogens in livestock within Kassena-Nankana, Ghana

Characteristics	Total livestock (%)	Bacteria
Characteristics	Total livestock (%)	Rickettsia spp	P-value	Anaplasma capra	P-value	Anaplasma ovis	P-value	Anaplasma phagocytophilum	P-value	Anaplasma marginale	P-value
Age
< =1 year	164 (59.42)	4 (2.44)	0.648	32 (19.51)	0.664	14 (8.54)	0.363	0	0.01	9 (5.49)	0.042
2–5 years	68 (24.64)	3 (4.41)		13 (19.12)		5 (7.35)		2 (2.94)		0
= > 6 years	44 (15.94)	2 (4.55)		6 (13.64)		1 (2.27)		3 (6.82)		0
Sex
Female	194 (70.29)	8 (4.12)	0.214	39 (20.10)	0.285	8 (4.12)	0.002	1 (0.52)	0.01	8 (4.12)	0.214
Male	82 (29.71)	1 (1.22)	0.214	12 (14.63)	0.285	12 (14.63)	0.002	4 (4.88)	0.01	1 (1.22)	0.214
Animal host
Cattle	100 (36.23)	4 (4.0)	0.731	16 (16.00)	p < 0.001	5 (5.00)	p < 0.001	5 (5.00)	0.01	0	0.044
Goat	81 (29.35)	3 (3.70)		4 (4.94)		0		0		3 (3.70)
Sheep	95 (34.42)	2 (2.11)		31 (32.63)		15 (15.79)		0		6 (6.32)

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