Table 1.

Prevalence of hemoplasmas in 278 free-roaming dogs of Northern Italy. No significant differences were found

Variables		No. of dogs	Hemoplasma (%)	Mhc (%)	“CMhp” (%)
Gender	Female	78	5 (6.4)	2 (2.6)	3 (3.8)
	Male	196	11 (5.6)	10 (5.1)	1 (0.5)
Agea	young (≤ 1 year)	56	1 (1.8)	1 (1.8)	0 (0.0)
	adult (> 1 year)	99	2 (2.0)	1 (1.0)	1 (1.0)
Province	Padua	112	4 (3.6)	2 (1.8)	2 (1.8)
	Treviso	166	13 (7.8)	11 (6.6)	2 (1.2)

^aEstimated age available only for dogs from the Padua shelter

Abbreviations: Mhc Mycoplasma haemocanis, “CMhp” “Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum”