Prevalence of influenza A viruses in livestock and free-living waterfowl in Uganda

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 1 Distribution of sampled poultry and swine in different regions of Uganda based on different parameters

Region	Species	Sex		Age			Breed			Mgt system		Health status		Season
Region	Species	Female	Male	Juvenile	Grower	Adult	Local	Exotic	Ext.	Semi	Int.	Health	Sick	Dry	Wet
Central (N = 388)	Chicken	198	162	-	36	324	209	151	221	-	139	349	11	96	264
	Dom. duck	18	5	-	8	15	23	-	23	-	-	23	-	14	9
	Turkey	1	2	-	-	3	3	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	3
	Guinea fowl	-	2	-	-	2	2	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	2
Eastern (N = 976)	Chicken	258	164	2	71	349	422	-	422	-	-	400	22	160	262
	Dom. duck	329	211	24	180	336	540	-	540	-	-	540	-	108	432
	Turkey	1	9	-	-	10	10	-	10	-	-	9	1	4	6
	Guinea fowl	3	1	-	-	4	4	-	4	-	-	4	-	4	-
Northern (N = 767)	Chicken	318	401	3	196	520	671	48	691	-	28	719	-	302	417
	Dom. duck	7	7	-	5	9	14	-	14	-	-	14	-	6	8
	Turkey	9	23	-	4	28	32	-	32	-	-	32	-	3	29
	Guinea fowl	2	-	-	-	2	2	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	2
Western (N = 445)	Chicken	213	149	2	67	304	333	40	316	-	57	373	-	139	234
	Dom. duck	22	30	-	3	38	41	-	41	-	-	41	-	12	29
	Turkey	8	23	-	4	27	31	-	31	-	-	31	-	15	16
	Guinea fowl	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
*Total:*		*1,387*	*1,189*	31	*574*	*1,971*	*2,337*	*239*	*2,352*	-	*224*	*2,542*	34	*863*	*1,713*
Central	Swine	17	3	-	11	9	-	20	-	-	20	20	-	-	20
Eastern	Swine	97	42	-	60	79	105	34	91	31	17	139	-	50	89
Northern	Swine	139	67	30	97	79	133	73	119	10	77	206	-	69	137
Western	Swine	86	60	42	78	26	47	99	79	-	67	146	-	40	106
*Total :*		*339*	*172*	72	*246*	*193*	*285*	*226*	*289*	41	*181*	*511*	-	*159*	*352*

Key: Mgt System = Management system; Ext. = Extensive/Free-range; Semi = Semi-intensive; Int. = Intensive; Dom. ducks = Domestic ducks; Season = Wet season (months of March - May and October – December) or Dry season (January – February and June – September).

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