Table 1.
Gastrointestinal parasite taxa in 154 samples from juvenile spotted hyenas (N = 96) identified in fecal samples
| Parasite | Phylum | Prevalence | Mean intensity | Median intensity | Mean abundance | Ratio variance/mean abundance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancylostoma | Nematoda | 94.2 | 1,784 | 503 | 1,680 | 13,530 | |
| Dipylidium | Platyhelminthes | 59.7 | – | – | – | – | |
| Cystoisospora | Apicomplexa | 53.0 | 1,811 | 114 | 976 | 40,783 | |
| Diphyllobothrium | Platyhelminthes | 50.0 | 9,732 | 2,451 | 4,866 | 73,146 | |
| Taeniidae | Platyhelminthes | 8.4 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 83 | |
| Trichuris | Nematoda | 8.4 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 105 | |
| Spirurida | Nematoda | 6.5 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 296 | |
Indicated are the percentage of infected host individuals (prevalence, %), mean and median infection loads of infected hosts (mean and median intensity, number of eggs or oocysts/g feces), mean infection load across all hosts, including the noninfected hosts with a load of 0 (mean abundance, number of eggs or oocysts/g feces) and the ratio of the variance to the mean of abundance.