Table 1.

Number infected and median Trichinella spp. larvae per g (LPG) in tongues of Florida panthers determined by tissue digestion according to sex and age

Sex	Age	Number of samples	Number infected (%; 95% CI)	Median LPG (SE; min–max)
Male	Kitten	0	0 (0.0%; 0.0–0.0)	0.0 (0.0; 0.0–0.0)
	Dependent	10	4 (40.0%; 15.0%–70.9%)	13.4 (80.1; 0.4–329.0)
	Adult	54	14 (25.9%; 15.5%–39.7%)	0.9 (0.5; 0.2– 7.2)
Female	Kitten	4	0 (0.0%; 0.0%–0.0%)	0.0 (0.0; 0.0–0.0)
	Dependent	8	0 (0.0%; 0.0%–0.0%)	0.0 (0.0; 0.0–0.0)
	Adult	36	6 (16.7%; 7.5%–32.0%)	0.9 (2.1; 0.2–11.6)
Total		112	24 (21.4%; 14.6%–30.3%)	1.0 (13.6; 0.2–329.0)