Table 2 Prevalence of TBH infecting cattle in Karamoja region in the wet and dry seasons.
From: Prevalence and seasonal variation of tick-borne haemoparasites in cattle from north-eastern Uganda
Tick-borne haemoparasites | Total sample size, n = 3,540 head of cattle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amudat, n = 420 % [95% CI] | Kaabong, n = 1500 % [95% CI] | Karenga, n = 480 % [95% CI] | Moroto, n = 1140 % [95% CI] | Overall prevalence [95% CI] | |
Wet season | |||||
A. marginale | 3.1 [1.7–5.2] | 6.7 [5.5–8.1] | 10.4 [7.8–13.5] | 27.9 [25.3–30.6] | 13.6 [12.5–14.8] |
E. ruminantium | 1.4 [0.5–3.1] | 0.5 [0.2–1] | 1.9 [0.9–3.5] | 2.4 [1.6–3.4] | 1.4 [1.1–1.9] |
T. parva | 23.6 [19.6–27.9] | 25.2 [23–27.5] | 16.7 [13.4–20.3] | 21.4 [19.1–23.9] | 22.6 [21.3–24] |
B. bovis | 0.0 [0.0–0.9] | 0.3 [0.1–0.8] | 0.4 [0.1–1.5] | 0.0 [0.2–0.6] | 0.3 [0.1–0.5] |
B. bigemina | 13.8 [10.7–17.5] | 15.5 [13.7–17.4] | 18.3 [15.0–22.1] | 6.1 [4.8–7.7] | 12.7 [11.6–13.8] |
Any TBH | 34.3 [29.8–39] | 36.4 [34–38.9] | 37.3 [33–41.8] | 44.7 [41.8–47.7] | 39.0 [37.3–40.6] |
Dry season | |||||
Ehrichia | Anaplasma spp. | 27.1 [22.9–31.7] | 41.6 [39.1–44.1] | 18.1 [14.8–21.9] | 62.4 [59.5–65.2] | 43.4 [41.7–45.0] |
Theileria | Babesia spp. | 84.0 [80.2–87.4] | 28.1 [25.8–30.4] | 51.3 [46.7–55.8] | 65.7 [62.9–68.5] | 50.0 [48.3–51.6] |
B. bovis | 16.0 [12.6–19.8] | 7.7 [6.4–9.1] | 13.8 [10.8–17.2] | 15.0 [13–17.2] | 11.8 [10.8–12.9] |
B. bigemina | 39.0 [34.4–43.9] | 3.3 [2.4–4.3] | 4.6 [2.9–6.9] | 16.1 [14.1–18.4] | 11.8 [10.8–12.9] |
A. marginale | 8.8 [6.3–11.9] | 8.5 [7.2–10.1] | 6.7 [4.6–9.3] | 11.2 [9.5–13.2] | 9.2 [8.2–10.2] |
E. ruminantium | 3.1 [1.7–5.2] | 7.1 [5.8–8.5] | 2.3 [1.1–4.1] | 4.3 [3.2–5.6] | 5.1 [4.4–5.8] |
T. parva | 6.0 [3.9–8.7] | 0.1 [0–0.5] | 2.1 [1.0–3.8] | 0.9 [0.4–1.6] | 1.3 [1.0–1.8] |
Positive for any TBH | 55.7 [50.8–60.5] | 21.7 [19.6–23.8] | 22.9 [19.2–26.9] | 38.2 [35.3–41.0] | 31.2 [29.7–32.7] |
