Table 1.

General characteristics of the 1132 domestic rabbits studied and seroprevalence of E. cuniculi and T. gondii infection

Characteristics	Rabbits tested (No.)	Encephalitozoon cuniculi			Toxoplasma gondii
		No. positive	% (95% CI)	P-value	No. positive	% (95% CI)	P-value
Age
Young	620	108	17.4 (14.4-20.4)	< 0.001	20	3.2 (1.8-4.6)	0.022
Adult	512	140	27.3 (23.5-31.2)		31	6.1 (4.0-8.1)
Gender
Male	479	101	21.1 (17.4-24.7)	0.567	22	4.6 (2.7-6.5)	0.903
Female	653	147	22.5 (19.3-25.7)		29	4.4 (2.9-6.0)
Species
Chinese Rabbit	382	76	19.9 (15.9-23.9)	0.431	16	4.2 (2.2-6.2)	0.816
California Rabbit	354	78	22.0 (17.7-26.4)		18	5.1 (2.8-7.4)
New Zealand Rabbit	396	94	23.7 (19.6-27.9)		17	4.3 (2.3-6.3)
Region
Liaoning Province	246	76	30.9 (25.1-36.7)	0.001	16	6.5 (3.4-9.6)	0.337
Jilin Province	354	66	18.6 (14.6-22.7)		16	4.5 (2.4-6.7)
Heilongjiang Province	243	42	17.3 (12.5-22.0)		9	3.7 (1.3-6.1)
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	289	64	22.2 (17.4-26.9)		10	3.5 (1.4-5.6)
Season
Spring	283	67	23.7 (18.7-28.6)	< 0.001	15	5.3 (2.7-7.9)	0.084
Summer	283	82	29.0 (23.7-34.3)		19	6.7 (3.8-9.6)
Autumn	282	68	24.1 (19.1-29.1)		9	3.2 (1.1-5.2)
Winter	284	30	10.6 (7.0-14.1)		8	2.8 (0.9-4.7)
Total	1,132	248	21.9 (19.5-24.3)		51	4.5 (3.3-5.7)