Table 5: The association of land covers (habitat type and cultivation) with trypanosome infection in cattle of the Maasai Steppe for each of the three villages (Kimotorok, Sukuro and Oltukai).

 

 Kimotorok

 Sukuro

 Oltukai

Variables

Coeff

OR

P

Coeff

OR

P

Coeff

OR

P

Intercept

-0.29

 

< 2e-16

12.43

 

0.03

28.70

 

0.051

Cultivation

0.03

1.04

< 2e-16

-0.12

0.88

0.02

0.27

1.31

0.6

Woodland

-0.01

1.01

< 0.001

-0.13

0.86

0.09

-0.27

0.76

0.09

Grassland

-0.012

1.02

0.002

-0.14

1.01

0.01

-0.40

0.66

0.01

Water logged

-0.03

1.05

0.533

0.005

0.87

0.9

-0.03

0.71

0.81

Riverine

-0.85

1.10

< 2e-16

-0.17

0.84

0.52

-0.18

0.84

0.56

Random effects; Months

Variance = 2.54

-

0.03411

Std = 1.594

-

 0.1847

AIC

88.3

104.6

71.8

logLik

-37.1

-45.3

-45.0

Months of sampling were considered as random effect. The effects of the habitats were compared to the intercepts. Family = Binomial. OR = Odd ration where OR > 1 shows positive association while OR < 1 shows negative association.