Table 1.
Prevalence and number of EPM of nematodes community in the study area
| Overall infection | Helminths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study site | Total examined mice | Number of infected mice | Total infection prevalence (%) | Mean species richness ± SE | Dentostomella spp. | Syphacia spp. | Aspicularis spp. | Spirurids egg | ||||
| Prevalence (%) | EPM (rang) | Prevalence (%) | EPM (rang) | Prevalence (%) | EPM (rang) | Prevalence (%) | EPM (rang) | |||||
| Wadi Arbaein | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 0.44 ± 0.72 | 22.2 | 1–198 (n = 2) | 11.1 | 8 (n = 1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wadi Toffaha | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 0.50 ± 0.74 | 4.5 | 1 (n = 1) | 18.2 | 8–83 (n = 3) | 22.7 | 4–113 (n = 5) | 9.1 | 5–20 (n = 2) |
| Wadi Tlah | 16 | 12 | 75 | 0.87 ± 0.80 | 6.3 | 8 (n = 1) | 18.8 | 7–63 (n = 3) | 62.5 | 4–163 (n = 10) | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 47 | 26 | 55.3 | 0.62 ± 0.76 | 8.5 % | 14.9 % | 31.9 % | 4.3 % | ||||
SE standard error, EPM egg/ml, rang minimum and maximum value of egg/ml, n number of infected animals