Seroprevalence of bovine Herpesvirus-1, bovine viral diarrhoea virus, Neospora caninum and Coxiella burnetii in dairy cows in Ethiopia

Table 1 Seroprevalence of BHV1, BVDV, N. Caninum and C. Burnetii exposure in dairy cows with reproductive disorder in Ethiopia

Disease causes	Animal examined	Number of Positives	Apparent seroprevalence (%)	95% CI	OR	X²	P value
C. burnetii	164	1	0.6 ^A	0.09–4.2	0.1	233.0	< 0.001
BVDV	164	55	33.5 ^B	10.2–69.2	9.8
BHV1	164	100	61.0 ^C	26.1–87.4	30.5
N. caninum	164	8	4.9 ^A	2.5–9.4	1
Total	656	164	25.0	21.8–28.5

OR- odds ratio; CI- confidence interval, *Apparent prevalence with similar letters is not significantly different

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