Research Article
Prevalence of Bovine Rotavirus and Coronavirus in Neonatal Calves in Dairy Farms of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Preliminary Study
Table 2
Association of herd risk factors with rotavirus prevalence (
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| Risk factors | No. of herds examined | No. of positive herds | Prevalence (95% CI) | | value |
| Herd size | | | | | | Small scale | 34 | 3 | 8.8 (1.85, 23.67) | 2.14 | 0.343 | Medium scale | 18 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | | | Large scale | 5 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | | | Diarrhea | | | | | | Yes | 18 | 3 | 16.7 (3.58, 41.42) | 6.86 | 0.009 | No | 39 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | | | Mortality | | | | | | Yes | 28 | 3 | 10.7 (2.23, 28.22) | 3.28 | 0.07 | No | 29 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | | | Colostrum feeding | | | | | | Bucket | 49 | 2 | 4.1 (0.50, 13.98) | 0.98 | 0.323 | Suckling | 8 | 1 | 12.5 (0.31, 52.65) | | | Colostrum timing | | | | | | <1 hr | 29 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 6.8 | 0.033 | 1-2 hr | 19 | 1 | 5.3 (0.13, 26.03) | | | >2 hr | 9 | 2 | 22.2 (2.81, 60.00) | | | Bedding | | | | | | Yes | 40 | 3 | 7.5 (1.57, 20.38) | 1.35 | 0.246 | No | 17 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | | | Colostrum amount | | | | | | <1 L | 24 | 2 | 8.3 (1.03, 27.00) | 0.89 | 0.64 | 1-2 L | 28 | 1 | 3.6 (0.0, 18.35) | | | >2 L | 5 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | | | Calf pen | | | | | | Individual | 25 | 1 | 4 (0.10, 20.35) | 0.14 | 0.71 | Group | 32 | 2 | 6.2 (0.76, 20.81) | | |
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