Table 6 Association between animals grazing around water sources and faecal pollution detected in water sources and household drinking water.

From: Distribution of host-specific Bacteriodales marker genes in water sources of selected rural areas of Vhembe District, South Africa

Animal host and host- specific Bacteroidales markers

Standardised coefficient beta

Wet season

R2

Adjusted R2

P value

Mean square

t

Standard error

Cattle

0.043

0.016

0.5349

0.126

0.009

575.172

4.211

BacCow

Chicken

0.053

0.0193

0.1062

0.197

0.015

575.142

4.349

Cytb

Pig

0.589

0.018

0.1425

0.150

0.002

621.150

3.21

Pig-2-Bac

Dog

0.050

0.014

0.3138

0.033

0.001

231.402

1.341

BacCan

  

Dry season

     

Cattle

BacCow

0.264

1.807

0.320

− 0.011

0.023

16.535

0.480

Chicken

Cytb

0.241

1.547

0.138

0.045

0.039

502.802

2.106

Pig

Pig-2-Bac

0.402

0.973

0.141

− 0.010

0.003

20.917

0.527

Dog

BacCan

0.062

1.261

0.204

0.120

0.600

423.134

3.436

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