Table 2.
The detection of Cryptosporidium, Cystoisospora and Giardia duodenalis in the stray, companion and shelter cats of South Korea.
| No. of isolates (%) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryptosporidium | Cystoisospora | Giardia duodenalis | Total | |||||||
| C. felis | C. parvum | C. ryanae | C. felis | C. suis | C. ohioensis | others | ||||
| Region | Gyeonggi (n=112) | 5 (4.46) | – | – | 3 (2.68) | 1 (0.89) | – | – | 11 (9.82) | 17 (15.18) |
| Gangwon (n=11) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 (18.18) | 2 (18.18) | |
| Chungcheong (n=43) | 2 (4.65) | – | – | 3 (6.98) | – | – | – | 3 (6.98) | 8 (18.60) | |
| Gyeongsang (n=56) | 3 (5.36) | – | – | 2 (3.57) | 1 (1.79) | – | – | 4 (7.14) | 10 (17.86) | |
| Jeolla (n=38) | – | 2 (5.26) | 1 (2.63) | 3 (7.89) | – | – | 1 (2.63) | 1 (2.63) | 7 (18.42) | |
| Jeju (n=30) | – | – | – | 3 (10.00) | 3 (10.00) | 1 (3.33) | – | 2 (6.67) | 8 (26.67) | |
| Season | Spring (n=94) | 4 (4.26) | 1 (1.06) | – | 1 (1.06) | – | 1 (1.06) | – | 3 (3.19) | 10 (10.64) |
| Summer (n=53) | – | – | 1 (1.89) | 3 (5.66) | 4 (7.55) | – | – | 4 (7.55) | 10 (18.87) | |
| Autumn (n=52) | 2 (3.85) | – | – | 5 (9.62) | 1 (1.92) | – | – | 6 (11.54) | 13 (25.00) | |
| Winter (n=91) | 4 (4.40) | 1 (1.10) | – | 5 (5.50) | – | – | 1 (1.10) | 10 (10.99) | 19 (20.88) | |
| Gender | male (n=124) | 7 (5.65) | 1 (0.81) | – | 4 (3.23) | 2 (1.61) | – | – | 12 (9.68) | 24 (19.35) |
| female (n=120) | 3 (2.50) | 1 (0.83) | 1 (0.83) | 7 (5.83) | 1 (0.83) | 1 (0.83) | – | 6 (5.00) | 19 (15.83) | |
| unknown (n=46) | – | – | – | 3 (6.52) | 2 (4.35) | – | 1 (2.17) | 5 (10.87) | 9 (19.57) | |
| Fecal states | Diarrhea (n=64) | 5 (7.81)* | – | – | 6 (9.38)* | 2 (3.13) | – | – | 3 (4.69) | 15 (23.44) |
| Noramal (n=226) | 5 (2.21) | 2 (0.88) | 1 (0.44) | 8 (3.54) | 3 (1.33) | 1 (0.44) | 1 (0.44) | 20 (8.85) | 37 (16.37) | |
| Living condition | Stray (n=149) | 9 (6.04)* | 1 (0.67) | – | 7 (4.70) | 2 (1.34) | – | – | 13 (8.72) | 29 (19.46) |
| Companion (n=17) | – | 1 (5.88) | – | – | – | – | – | 2 (11.76) | 3 (17.65) | |
| Shelter (n=124) | 1 (0.81) | – | 1 (0.81) | 7 (5.65) | 3 (2.42) | 1 (0.81) | 1 (0.81) | 8 (6.45) | 20 (16.13) | |
| Total | Total (n=290) | 10 (3.45) | 2 (0.69) | 1 (0.34) | 14 (4.83) | 5 (1.72) | 1 (0.34) | 1 (0.34) | 23 (7.93) | 52 (17.93) |
| 13 (4.48) | 21 (7.24) | |||||||||
*significant difference (P < 0.05) in parasite prevalence within comparison criteria.