Table 2.
Number and prevalence of (%) positive and negative dogs to Anaplasma spp. antibodies (by ELISA) and A. platys DNA detection (by PCR) according to the sex, the age and the exposure to ticks
| Variable | Anaplasma spp. antibodies (%) (n = 425) | A. platys DNA (%) (n = 362) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Not available | Positive | Negative | Not available | ||
| Sex | Male | 59 (13.9) | 198 (46.6) | – | 20 (5.5) | 187 (51.7) | 50 |
| Female | 23 (5.4) | 118 (27.8) | – | 5 (1.4) | 123 (34.0) | 13 | |
| Age (yrs) | < 1 | 9 (2.1) | 52 (12.2) | – | 3 (0.8) | 52 (14.4) | 6 |
| 1–5 | 56 (13.2) | 194 (45.6) | – | 21 (5.8) | 183 (50.6) | 46 | |
| ≥ 6 | 13 (3.0) | 61 (14.3) | – | 2 (0.5) | 62 (17.1) | 10 | |
| Ticks exposure | 40 (9.4) | 46 (10.8) | 9 | 40 (11.0) | 46 (12.7) | 9 | |