Research Article
Prevalence of Bovine Rotavirus and Coronavirus in Neonatal Calves in Dairy Farms of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Preliminary Study
Table 3
Association of individual risk factors with rotavirus prevalence.
| Risk factors | No. of calves sampled | No. of positive calves | Prevalence (95% CI) | | value |
| Sex | | | | | | Male | 55 | 4 | 7.3 (2.01, 17.58) | 4.15 | 0.04 | Female | 55 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | | | Diarrhea | | | | | | Diarrheic | 42 | 4 | 9.5 (2.60, 22.62) | 6.72 | 0.01 | Nondiarrheic | 68 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | | | Age | | | | | | 1-10 days | 31 | 1 | 3.2 (0.0, 16.70) | 0.47 | 0.79 | 11-20 days | 39 | 3 | 7.9 (7.77, 7.99) | | | 21-30 days | 40 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | | | Consistency of diarrhea | | | | | | Normal | 87 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | | | Smooth and mucoid | 5 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | | | Watery | 13 | 4 | 30.8 (9.10, 61.42) | 30.97 | 0.01 | Bloody | 5 | 0 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | | |
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