Table 1.
Prevalence of the parasites detected in faecal samples collected in three dog parks (A, B, and C) of Greater Lisbon, Portugal.
| A (n = 125) (95% CI) |
B (n = 124) (95% CI) |
C (n = 120) (95% CI) |
Total (n = 369) (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hookworms | 14.4% (9.0–22.1) |
18.5% (12.4–26.7) |
16.7% (10.7–24.8) |
16.5% (13.0–20.8) |
| Cryptosporidium spp. | 12.0% (7.1–19.3) |
15.3% (9.7–23.2) |
8.3% (4.3–15.2) |
11.9% (8.9–15.8) |
| Giardia spp. | 16.0% (10.3–23.9) |
6.5% (3.0–12.7) |
11.7% (6.8–19.1) |
11.4% (8.4–15.2) |
| Cystoisospora spp. | 0.8% (0.0–5.0) |
1.6% (0.3–6.3) |
0.8% (0.0–5.2) |
1.1% (0.4–2.9) |
| Toxascaris leonina | 0 | 0 | 3.3% (1.1–8.8) |
1.1% (0.4–2.9) |
| Toxocara spp. | 0.8% (0.0–5.0) |
0.8% (0.0–5.1) |
0 | 0.5% (0.1–2.2) |
| Sarcocystis sp. | 0.8% (0.0–5.0) |
0 | 0 | 0.3% (0.0–1.7) |
|
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| Total of positive samples | 35.2% (27.0–44.3) |
31.5% (23.6–40.5) |
32.5% (24.4–41.7) |
33.1% (28.3–38.2) |