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Table 1 Distribution of sex and age of animals by breed

From: Diagnostic efficiency of abattoir meat inspection service in Ethiopia to detect carcasses infected with Mycobacterium bovis: Implications for public health

	Sex			Age
Breed	Male	Female	Total	Young¹	Old²	Total
Local^a	2,732 [88.3]	362 [11.7]	3,094	2,009 [64.9]	1,085 [35.1]	3,094
Cross-bred	117 [83.6]	23 [16.4]	140	56 [40.0]	84 [60.0]	140
Pure exotic^c	27 [30.7]	61 [69.3]	88	53 [60.2]	35 [39.8]	88
Total	2,876 [86.6]	446 [13.4]	3,322	2118 [63.8]	1,204 [36.24]	3,322

^aIndigenous Ethiopian zebu cattle; ^bLocal zebus cross with Holstein cattle; ^cHolstein cattle. ¹Young (< 6 years); ²Old (≥ 6 years).

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