Table 1.

Premise features and ecological properties of recovered strongyle communities. Average species richness (number of recovered strongyle species) and Shannon’s index of diversity are provided for each premise

Premise	Type	No. of horses (n)	Mares	Stallions	Species richness ± SD	Shannon index ± SD
1	Stud farm	18	18	0	12.17 ± 2.04	2.07 ± 0.17
2	Riding school	14	8	4	9.86 ± 3.74	1.59 ± 0.48
3	Riding school	3	2	1	6.00 ± 0.01	1.46 ± 0.23
4	Riding school	3	1	2	6.67 ± 1.53	1.43 ± 0.12
5	Riding school	3	0	3	11.67 ± 6.51	1.75 ± 0.38
6	Riding school	7	6	1	11.00 ± 2.16	1.90 ± 0.14
Total		48	35	11	10.6 ± 3.4	1.8 ± 0.38

Abbreviation: SD standard deviation