Prevalence and Factors Associated with Cryptosporidium Infection in Calves in and around Nekemte Town, East Wollega Zone of Ethiopia

Table 2

Logistic regression analysis of risk factors associated with Cryptosporidium infection.

Risk factors	No. of calves examined	No. of positive samples	Prevalence (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	value
Breed
Exotic	64	7	10.9 (4.3–17.2)	1
Cross	17	2	11.8 (6.2–16.4)	1.04 (0.2–1.8)	0.729
Local	303	44	14.5 (9.6–20.3)	1.3 (0.67–2.3)	0.517
Sex
Male	149	17	11.4 (7.1–18.4)	1
Female	235	36	15.3 (9.8–21.9)	1.4 (0.8–2.4)	0.279
Age
6–12 months	293	30	10.2 (7.5–20.6)	1
<6 months	91	23	25.3 (15.8–29.2)	2.7 (1.0–4.2)	<0.001
Body condition scores
Good	116	9	7.8 (4.9–12.1)	1
Medium	207	26	12.6 (7.7–15.4)	2.4 (0.99–3.6)	0.024
Poor	61	18	29.5 (18.3–36.3)	2.6 (1.2–3.7)	0.001
Overall prevalence	384	53	13.8 (8.1–17.6)