Table 1.
Seasonal prevalence and mean and maximum intensity in propagules/g faecal dry matter of each parasite found.
| Strongyles | Fasciola hepatica | Elaphostrongylus cervi | Dictyocaulus sp. | Nematodirus sp. | Capillaria sp. | Eimeria (large) | Eimeria (small) | Moniezia expansa | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Intensity | Max Intensity | Prevalence (%) | Mean Intensity | Max Intensity | Prevalence (%) | Mean Intensity | Max Intensity | Prevalence (%) | Mean Intensity | Max Intensity | Prevalence (%) | Mean Intensity | Max Intensity | Prevalence (%) | Mean Intensity | Max Intensity | Prevalence (%) | Mean Intensity | Max Intensity | Prevalence (%) | Mean Intensity | Max Intensity | Prevalence (%) | Mean Intensity | Max Intensity | Prevalence (%) | |
| Winter | 1 | (7) | 37 | 3 | (47) | 52 | 9 | (118) | 93 | 0 | (0) | 0 | 0 | (3) | 10 | 0 | (4) | 13 | 0 | (7) | 15 | 0 | (8) | 18 | 0 | (0) | 0 |
| Spring | 20 | (157) | 97 | 9 | (155) | 57 | 69 | (299) | 94 | 0 | (7) | 15 | 0 | (4) | 4 | 0 | (11) | 11 | 0 | (18) | 11 | 1 | (34) | 12 | 0 | (44) | 1 |
| Summer | 17 | (167) | 97 | 4 | (50) | 44 | 37 | (337) | 74 | 4 | (193) | 32 | 0 | (8) | 11 | 0 | (11) | 4 | 16 | (930) | 14 | 3 | (145) | 11 | 1 | (65) | 2 |
| Autumn | 8 | (85) | 64 | 8 | (147) | 62 | 67 | (645) | 76 | 3 | (65) | 36 | 1 | (37) | 18 | 0 | (20) | 4 | 1 | (37) | 8 | 1 | (28) | 9 | 10 | (322) | 7 |
Minimum count of every season–parasite combination was zero.