Table 6.
Bait acceptance and the age-group (juvenile, adult) of the dogs. Only a few puppies were offered a bait and therefore they were not included in the analysis (n = number of baits accepted, N—number of baits offered, 95% CI—95% confidence interval, n.s.—not significant, sign.—significant).
| Bait-Type | Juvenile | Adult | Comparison (Chi²-test) |
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| n | N | % | 95% CI | n | N | % | 95% CI | ||||
| Egg | 21 | 26 | 80.77 | 60.65 | 93.45 | 112 | 141 | 79.43 | 71.82 | 85.77 | n.s., p = 0.87 |
| Fish | 8 | 11 | 72.73 | 39.03 | 93.98 | 73 | 150 | 48.67 | 40.43 | 56.96 | n.s., p = 0.12 |
| Intestine | 28 | 30 | 93.33 | 77.93 | 99.18 | 101 | 131 | 77.10 | 68.95 | 83.98 | sign., p = 0.04 |
| total | 57 | 67 | 85.07 | 74.26 | 92.60 | 286 | 422 | 67.77 | 63.08 | 72.21 | sign., p = 0.004 |