Table 2.
Prevalences of helminth parasites in 418 horses from an oceanic climate area (NW Spain). Results are expressed as the percentage and the 95% Confidence Interval (CI). Spanish Sport Horse (SSH), Spanish Pure Breed (SPB), English Pure Breed (EPB), autochthonous Pura Raza Galega (PRG).
| Ascarids | Strongyles | Oxyurids | Cestoda | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | <3 | 22 | 93 | 1 | 0 |
| (18, 26) | (90, 96) | (0, 2) | |||
| 3–10 | 6 | 91 | 2 | 2 | |
| (4, 8) | (88, 94) | (1, 3) | (1, 3) | ||
| >10 | 12 | 81 | 6 | 1 | |
| (9, 15) | (77, 85) | (4, 8) | (0, 2) | ||
| χ 2 | 15.842 | 8.732 | 5.584 | 2.228 | |
| p | 0.001 | 0.0013 | 0.061 | 0.328 | |
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| Breed | SSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SPB | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| (3, 7) | (15, 23) | ||||
| EPB | 34 | 98 | 5 | 1 | |
| (29, 39) | (97, 99) | (3, 7) | (0, 2) | ||
| PRG | 5 | 100 | 2 | 2 | |
| (3, 7) | (1, 3) | (1, 3) | |||
| χ 2 | 64.960 | 366.936 | 2.87 | 0.976 | |
| p | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.412 | 0.807 | |
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| Sex | Male | 12 | 90 | 3 | 2 |
| (9, 15) | (87, 93) | (1, 5) | (1, 3) | ||
| Female | 2 | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| (1, 3) | (80, 88) | ||||
| χ 2 | 7.244 | 3.333 | 2.799 | 1.508 | |
| p | 0.007 | 0.068 | 0.094 | 0.219 | |