Table 3. Frequency of gastrointestinal parasites detected in fecal samples of domestic cats using three coproparasitological techniques.
| Parasites | CFS | Faust | HPJ | p-value + | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nematodes | Ancylostoma spp. | 39 (16.5%) | 32 (13.5%) | 22 (9.3%) | 0.0634 |
| Toxocara spp. | 4 (1.7%) | 4 (1.7%) | 4 (1.7%) | 1 | |
| Cestodes | Diphyllobothriidae | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (2.1%) | 0.0076* |
| Dipylidium caninum | 3 (1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.4%) | 0.1577 | |
| Mesocestoides spp. | 2 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.1916 | |
| Trematode | Platynosonum illiciens | 15 (6.3%) | 2 (0.8%) | 12 (5.1%) | 0.002* |
| Protozoa | Giardia intestinalis | - | 28 (11.8%) | 15 (6.3%) | 0.0535 |
| Cystoisospora spp. | 10 (4.2%) | 8 (3.4%) | 2 (0.8%) | 0.0461* | |
| Toxoplasma gondii/ Hammondia hammondi | - | 1 (0.4%) | 7 (3.0%) | 0.0643 | |
| Total | 66 (27.8%) | 64 (27%) | 55 (23.2%) | 0.4685 |
CFS = Centrifugal flotation technique in sucrose; Faust = Centrifugal-flotation technique in ZnSO4; HPJ = technique of Hoffman, Pons and Janer, 1934.
+
= p values from G test;
*
p-value < 0.05 indicating significant difference.