Table 1.
Comparison of the seroprevalence of five pathogens in black bears from Pennsylvania between groups of bears with confirmed sarcoptic mange and clinically normal bears.
| Pathogen | Mange No. Pos/Tested (%) |
Non-Mange No. Pos/Tested (%) |
Total No. Pos/Tested (%) |
X2 † | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDV | 2/31 (6.5) | 15/209 (7.2) | 17/240 (7.1) | 0.0216 | 0.883 |
| CPV | 9/46 (19.6) | 6/48 (12.5) | 15/94 (16.0) | 0.8743 | 0.350 |
| CAV | 4/46 (8.7) | 2/41 (4.9) | 6/87 (6.9) | 0.4920 | 0.483 |
| T. gondii | 22/32 (68.8) | 172/267 (66.4) | 194/299 (64.9) | 0.2352 | 0.628 |
| Trichinella sp. | 0/32 (0) | 7/188 (3.7) | 7/220 (3.2) | 1.2 | 0.267 |
CDV: Canine distemper virus; CPV: Canine parvovirus; CAV: Canine adenovirus; † Chi-squared test: Estimation of the difference between the expected and observed values.