Research Article
Tuberculosis in Goats and Sheep in Afar Pastoral Region of Ethiopia and Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Goat
Table 3
Multivariable logistic regression analysis of herd TB positivity with selected risk factors at ≥2 mm cut-off point.
| Variables | Number of herds examined | Number of positive herds (%) | Crude odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) |
| Districts | | | | | Chifra | 18 | 10 (55.6) | 1 | 1 | Dubti | 13 | 9 (69.2) | 1.8 (0.40–8.07) | 2.59 (0.49–13.73) | Afambo | 6 | 2 (33.3) | 0.40 (0.06–2.77) | 2.70 (0.06–114.64) | Amibara | 66 | 27 (40.9) | 0.55 (0.19–1.58) | 0.45 (0.14–1.39) | Herd size | | | | | ≤25 | 52 | 19 (36.5) | 1 | 1 | | 34 | 19 (55.9) | 2.2 (0.91–5.31) | 3.23 (1.21–8.60) | >50 | 17 | 10 (58.8) | 2.48 (0.81–7.59) | 2.48 (0.76–8.09) | Production system | | | | | Agropastoral | 8 | 3 (37.5) | 1 | 1 | Pastoral | 95 | 45 (47.4) | 1.5 (0.34–6.64) | 6.88 (0.28–170.32) |
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CI: confidence interval.
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