Table 5.
Positivity to single and mixed vector-borne agents among 557 apparently healthy and 628 CVBD-suspect dogs
| Agents | Healthy (n) |
% | Suspect (n) |
% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single agents | 67 | 12.0a | 218 | 34.7a |
| Di | 17 | 3.1 | 30 | 4.8 |
| Ec | 14 | 2.5b | 47 | 7.5b |
| Bb | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Ap | 16 | 2.9 | 20 | 3.2 |
| Li | 19 | 3.4c | 120 | 19.1c |
| Mixed agents | 11 | 2.0d | 73 | 11.6d |
| Di + Ec | 0 | 0.0e | 6 | 0.9e |
| Di + Ap | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Di + Li | 2 | 0.4 | 7 | 1.1 |
| Ec + Bb | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Ec + Ap | 5 | 0.9f | 20 | 3.1f |
| Ec + Li | 0 | 0.0g | 17 | 2.7g |
| Bb + Li | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Ap + Li | 0 | 0.0h | 6 | 0.9h |
| Di + Ec + Ap | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.9 |
| Di + Ec + Li | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Di + Ap + Li | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Ec + Ap + Li | 3 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Di + Ec + Ap + Li | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| One or more agents | 78 | 14.0i | 291 | 46.3i |
Di: D. immitis; Ec: E. canis; Bb: B. burgdorferi s. l.; Ap: Anaplasma spp.; Li: L. infantum; a-i Statistically significant difference (p < 0.05).