Table 3.

The prevalence and intensity of gastrointestinal parasite infection in wild boars according to the sex of the host.

Parasite	Sex	n/N	Prevalence (%) (95% CI)	χ2 Test Value	Intensity of Infection *
					Mean	GM	Median	Range	Mann–Whitney U-Test Value
Eimeria
E. debliecki	female	6/33	18.2 (8.2–34.8)	χ2 = 0.01 p = 0.94	333	245	250	100–900	U = 9.0 p = 0.61
	male	4/23	17.4 (6.4–37.7)		425	336	400	100–800
E. suis	female	6/33	18.2 (8.2–34.8)	χ2 = 0.01 p = 0.94	358	285	225	150–800	U = 9.0 p = 0.61
	male	4/23	17.4 (6.4–37.7)		525	412	600	100–800
E. polita	female	1/33	3.0 (0.01–16.7)	χ2 = 3.4 p = 0.06	50	50	50	50–50	-
	male	4/23	17.4 (6.4–37.7)		275	177	200	50–650
E. scabra	female	6/33	18.2 (8.2–34.8)	χ2 = 4.7 p = 0.03	325	190	275	50–700	-
	male	0/23	0.0 (0.0–16.9)
Isospora suis	female	1/33	3.0 (0.01–16.7)	χ2 = 0.9 p = 0.36	300	300	300	300–300	-
	male	2/23	8.7 (1.3–28.0)		175	173	175	150–200
Eimeria total	female	12/33	36.4 (22.1–53.4)	χ2 = 0.3 p = 0.59	538	322	225	100–1800	Z = 0.07 p = 0.94
	male	10/23	43.5 (25.6–63.2)		525	366	625	50–900
Nematodes
Oesophagostomum dentatum	female	2/33	6.1 (0.7–20.1)	χ2 = 0.8 p = 0.37	4	3	4	3–4	U = 2.5 p = 0.80
	male	3/23	13.0 (3.7–33.0)		3	2	3	1–5
Ascaris suum	female	3/33	9.1 (2.4–24.3)	χ2 = 0.5 p = 0.50	2	2	3	1–3	-
	male	1/23	4.4 (0.01–22.7)		2	2	2	2–2
Nematodes total	female	5/33	15.2 (6.2–31.4)	χ2 = 0.05 p = 0.82	3	3	3	1–4	U = 7.0 p = 1.00
	male	3/23	13.0 (3.7–33.0)		4	3	3	1–7

n—number of infected animals; N—total number of animals included in the study. * OPG—oocyst per gram (protozoa) or number of adult parasites in the host (nematodes). GM—geometric mean.