Table 2.

General characteristics of horses and seroprevalence of Sarcocystis neurona and Neospora hughesi.

		Seropositive S. neurona			Seropositive N. hughesi
Characteristics	No. of horses tested	No.	%	P value	No.	%	P value
Age (year)
0.4–1	28	8	28.6	0.004	0	0	0.25
2–5	195	84	43.1		9	4.6
6–10	176	101	57.4		2	1.1
11–15	63	27	42.9		3	4.8
16–22	33	20	60.6		1	3
Sex
Male	392	182	46.4	0.07	12	3.1	0.61
Female	103	58	56.3		3	2.9
Breed
Pure	385	199	51.7	0.007	10	2.6	0.22
Mixed	110	41	37.3		5	4.5
Health status
Ill	10	4	40	0.41	1	10	0.26
Healthy	485	236	48.7		14	2.9
Location
Urban	77	46	59.7	0.03	5	6.5	0.06
Rural	418	194	46.4		10	2.4
Feeding
Grains/crops	442	223	50.5	0.01	15	3.4	0.17
Grass	53	17	32.1		0	0
Herd size
3–28	201	112	55.7	0.007	4	2	0.26
30–64	294	128	43.5		11	3.7