Table 1.

Frequency of positive parasites identified in each troop at Epoch Mine campus, Insiza district.

		Parasite taxa
Troop	Total no. of +ve samples with one or more parasite taxa	Ascaris spp	Strongylid spp	Fasciola spp	Schistosoma spp	Coccidia spp	Entamoeba spp
One	21	–	13	4	9	1	–
Two	18	–	14	–	5	1	–
Three	19	3	12	–	7	–	1

NB this is raw data before multiplying by 50 as a pre-requisite for using the McMaster method.