Table 1.

Prevalence of intestinal parasites in pet shop kittens in Japan

	Overall (n = 555)	Faecal condition		P
		Formed (n = 453)	Unformed (n = 102)
Giardia species	10.1% (56) *	10.2% (46)	9.8% (10)	NS
Cystoisospora species	19.6% (109)	19.2% (87)	21.6% (22)	NS
Cystoisospora felis	16.4% (91)	16.1% (73)	17.6% (18)	NS
Cystoisospora rivolta	3.2% (18)	3.1% (14)	3.9% (4)	NS
Toxocara cati	0.2% (1)	0.2% (1)	0% (0)	NS
Total infection	27.2% (151 † )	26.5% (120 † )	30.4% (31 † )	NS

^*Number of infected kittens

^†This total number is smaller than sum of each parasite because of multiple infections

NS = not significant