Table 2.
Results from the diagnostic activity concerning A. vasorum related methodologies carried out at the SVA between 2011 and 2015
| Year | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||
| Groups | Numbers | |||||
| Dogs, Baermann tested samples | 298 | 355 | 504 | 693 | 1032 | 2882 |
| A. vasorum positive canine faecal samples (%) | 1 (0.3; 0.0–1.9) | 1 (0.3; 0.0–1.6) | 4 (0.8; 0.2–2) | 5 (0.7; 0.2–1.7) | 9 (0.9; 0.4–106) | 20 (0.7; 0.4–1.1) |
| County of origin* | M | O | M, S, K, Y | AB, C, D, H, M | AB, BD, E, O, M, Y, Z | – |
| Red foxes necropsied | 525 | 88 | 164 | 70 | 100 | 947 |
| A. vasorum positive foxes (%) | 1 (0.2; 0–1.1) | 0 (0.0; 0.3.3) | 1 (0.6; 0.0–3.4) | 1 (1.4; 0.0–7.7) | 0 (0; 0.0–3.0) | 3 (0.3; 0.1–0.9) |
| County of origin* | G | – | O | O | – | |
Codes for Swedish counties: AB: Stockholm, BD: Norrbotten; C: Uppsala, D: Södermanland, E: Östergötland, G: Kronoberg; H: Kalmar, K: Blekinge, M: Skåne; O: Västra Götaland; S: Värmland; Y: Västernorrland; Z: Jämtland