Results
In the current study, from a total of 384 sera collected from the study population and tested by 3ABC-Ab ELISA, 19.8% (n = 76) were found to be positive to FMDV. All variables were categorical type and descriptive statistics was employed to calculate the proportion of risk factors with respective categories and frequency with proportion of each category has been computed and summarized (Table 1). Majority of study population, 81.25% (n =312) were female while about 18.75 % (n =72) of them were males.
Table 1 : Summary of descriptive statistics of variables
Variable Levels Frequency (%)
Sex Female 312(81.25)
Male 72(18.75)
Age Young (\(<3.5\ \text{years})\) 127(33.07)
Adult (3.5\(-5.5\ \text{years}\)) 122(31.77)
Old \((>\)5.5 years) 135(35.16)
Herd size Small (\(<40\ \text{animals})\) 124(32.29)
Medium (40-75 animals) 142(36.99)
Large (\(>75\ \text{animals}\)) 118(30.73)
Contact with No 119(30.99)
Wild life Occasionally 157(40.89) Regularly 108(28.13)
Contact with PA No 52(13.54)) Occasionally 126(32.81)
Regularly 206(53.64)
District Asayita 147(38.28)
Dubti 97(25.26)
Chifra 140(36.46)
Total 384(100%)
PA = Peasant association