Table 1.

Observed prevalence of intestinal parasites (as determined by standard coproscopic examinations)

	% (n)	95% confidence interval
Gastro-intestinal nematodes	20.5% (312*)	19.1 – 23.3
T. cati	19.7% (300*)	17.8 – 21.8
A. tubaeforme/U. stenocephala	1.4% (22*)	0.9 – 2.2
T. leonina	0.3% (5*)	0.1 – 0.8
Gastro-intestinal cestodes	7.0% (107*)	5.8 – 8.4
D. caninum	3.0% (45*)	2.2 – 3.9
Taeniidae	1.3% (19*)	0.8 – 1.9
Respiratory nematodes	5.4% (61**)	4.2 – 7.0
A. abstrusus	4.1% (46**)	3.0 – 5.5
Capillaria spp.	1.1% (16*)	0.6 – 1.6
Protozoans	13.5% (205*)	11.8 – 15.3
Giardia spp.	3.2% (48*)	2.3 – 4.2
Cystoisospora spp.	9.7% (148*)	8.3 – 11.3
Co-infestations
External + internal parasites	14.0% (213*)	12.3 – 15.9
External parasites + gastro-intestinal helminthes	11.9% (181*)	10.3 – 13.7
Fleas + gastro-intestinal nematodes	5.4% (82*)	4.3 – 6.7
Fleas + T. cati	5.3% (80*)	4.2 – 6.5

*(N) number of positive cats for the criteria out of 1519 cats.

**(N) number of positive cats for the criteria out of 1115 cats.