Table 1.
Prevalence and confidence interval of intestinal parasites in 360 cat feces from China.
Parasites | Beijing | Henan | Total |
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Number of positive results | Number of positive results | Number of positive results | |
Prevalence % | Prevalence % | Prevalence % | |
(95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | |
Toxocara cati | 1 | 63 | 64 |
1.64 | 21.07 | 17.78 | |
(0.01–9.55) | (16.82–26.06) | (14.16–22.08) | |
| |||
Isospora felis | 3 | 58 | 61 |
4.92 | 19.40 | 16.94 | |
(1.14–14.03) | (15.30–24.27) | (13.41–21.18) | |
| |||
Isospora rivolta | 1 | 40 | 41 |
1.64 | 13.38 | 11.39 | |
(0.01–9.55) | (9.95–17.73) | (8.48–15.11) | |
| |||
Hookworms | 1 | 22 | 23 |
1.64 | 7.36 | 6.39 | |
(0.01–9.55) | (4.86–10.94) | (4.25–9.44) | |
| |||
Paragonimus | 0 | 33 | 33 |
— | 11.04 | 9.17 | |
— | (7.93–15.13) | (6.57–12.62) | |
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Trematode | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1.64 | — | 0.28 | |
(0.01–9.55) | — | (<0.01–1.72) | |
| |||
Trichuris | 0 | 10 | 10 |
— | 3.34 | 2.78 | |
— | (1.75–6.13) | (1.45–5.11) | |
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Toxoplasma-like | 0 | 11 | 11 |
— | 3.68 | 3.06 | |
— | (1.99–6.54) | (1.65–5.45) | |
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Lungworm | 0 | 4 | 4 |
— | 1.34 | 1.11 | |
— | (0.40–3.51) | (0.33–2.93) | |
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Sarcocystis | 0 | 2 | 2 |
— | 0.67 | 0.56 | |
— | (0.02–2.57) | (0.02–2.14) | |
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Overall prevalence | 4/61 | 145/299 | 149 |
6.56 | 48.49 | 41.39 | |
(2.12–16.14) | (42.89–54.14) | (6.42–46.54) |