Table 3.

Significant differences between geographical regions within the three examined Federal States for Angiostrongylus vasorum (Av), Crenosoma vulpis (Cv) and Eucoleus aerophilus (Ea) positive fox carcasses

Federal state	Comparison geographical regions	P-value
		Ava	Cva	Eaa
Hesse	Global comparison	ns	0.001	ns
	Giessen vs Kassel	ns	0.0006	ns
	Darmstadt vs Kassel	ns	0.0115	ns
	Giessen vs Darmstadt	ns	ns	ns
Rhineland-Palatinate	Global comparison	< 0.0001	ns	ns
	South vs North	0.0002	ns	ns
	South vs Central	< 0.0001	ns	ns
	North vs Central	ns	ns	ns
Thuringia	Global comparison	0.039	0.0038	0.039
	North vs West	0.029	ns	0.071
	Central vs West	ns	ns	ns
	North vs East	ns	0.0036	ns
	North vs Central	ns	ns	ns
	East vs West	ns	0.044	ns
	East vs Central	ns	ns	ns

^aFor underlying prevalences see Additional files 1, 2 and 3: Tables S1, S2 and S3

Abbreviation: ns not significant