Table 2.
Age-specific prevalence of and types of helminth infection in dogs from the Greater Accra region of Ghana.
| Age | Total number sampled n=380 | Total number infected (Overall prevalence) | Age-specific and types of helminth infection |
Overall Age-specific prevalence | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hookworm | Toxocara | Mixed infection4 | Adult tapeworm5 | ||||
| Puppy1 | 63 (16.6%) | 54 (14.2%) | 22 (40.7%) | 16 (29.6%) | 16 (29.6%) | 12 (22.2%) | 54 (85.7%) |
| Young adult2 | 98 (25.8%) | 59 (15.5%) | 43 (72.8%) | 6 (10.1%) | 10 (16.9%) | 9 (15.2%) | 59 (60.2%) |
| Adult3 | 219 (57.6%) | 125 (32.9%) | 113 (90.4%) | 0 | 12 (9.6%) | 51 (40.8%) | 125 (54.1%) |
1
Puppy: <6 months old.
2
Young adults: 6–12 months old.
3
Adults: >12 months old.
4
Mixed infection: Hookworm and ascarids.
5
Adult tapeworm: Dogs that had tapeworms in addition to hookworm and ascarids.