Table 3.

Comparison of tick-borne pathogen ferquency obtained in dogs according to the gender, age and origin (stray, shelter, pet)

	gender		age		origin (location of the animal)
	female	male	young	adult	stray	shelter	pet
No. of samples	454	303	290	467	243	351	163
Positive	25 (5.5%)	16 (5.3%)	9 (3.1%)	32 (6.8%)	18 (%7,4)	21 (6%)	2 (1.2%)
p(F)*	p(F) = 0.976 (NS)		p(F) = 0.040		p(F) = 0.602 (NS)		p(F) = 0.027
							p(F) = 0.009

* Fisher’s exact test; p value; NS, Not significant.