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Table 4 Association between the mortality rate with the breed of goat, number of individuals born, and causes of death

From: A study on the productivity and mortality rates of native and blended goats in Dodoma, Tanzania

s/n

Variables

Classification

Coefficient estimate

Standard error

Z-value

P-value

1

Breed

Intercept

1.13

0.35

3.25

0.001

Indigenous

0.16

0.17

0.93

0.35

2

Number of goats born

Born

0.02

0.01

3.24

0.001

3

Cause of death

FMD

−0.27

0.42

−0.64

0.52

Hair ball

0.13

0.36

0.35

0.72

Pneumonia

−0.15

0.21

−0.74

0.46