Environmental predictors of bovine Eimeria infection in western Kenya

0301 basic medicine Veterinary medicine Logistic regression Extensive production systems Agricultural and Biological Sciences Soil Feces Food Animals Prevalence Cluster Analysis Small Animals Internal medicine 2. Zero hunger animal diseases Geography Ecology animal production Life Sciences Bovine Veterinary Regression Analysis Animal Nutrition and Gut Health Medicine Risk Anthelmintic Resistance in Veterinary Parasites Cattle Diseases Environment Environmental 03 medical and health sciences Tropical Virology Health Sciences Animals Poultry Coccidiosis Research and Control Biology Coccidiosis Outbreak 15. Life on land Kenya livestock cattle FOS: Biological sciences Cattle Animal Science and Zoology Eimeria Species Eimeria Animal science Regular Articles
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-016-1209-0 Publication Date: 2017-01-04T15:41:08Z
ABSTRACT
Eimeriosis is caused by a protozoan infection affecting most domestic animal species. Outbreaks in cattle are associated with various environmental factors temperate climates but limited work has been done tropical settings. The objective of this was to determine the prevalence and bovine Eimeria spp. mixed farming area western Kenya. A total 983 were sampled from 226 cattle-keeping households. Faecal samples collected directly rectum via digital extraction analysed for presence using MacMaster technique. Individual household level predictors explored effects logistic regression. individual 32.8% (95% CI 29.9–35.9). positive linear relationship found between risk increasing temperature (OR = 1.4, 95% 1.06–1.86) distance areas at flooding 1.49, 1.17–1.91). There weak evidence non-linear proportion around that classified as swamp 1.12, 0.87–1.44; OR (quadratic term) 0.85, 0.73–1.00), sand content soil 1.18, 0.91–1.53; 1.1, 0.99–1.23). influenced number climatic soil-associated conditions.
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