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. 2019 Dec 2;12(12):1888–1896. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2019.1888-1896

Table-4.

Prevalence of the types of parasites according to the physiological condition.

Parasites Physiological condition

Castrated Non-castrated Comparison Non-pregnant Pregnant Comparison






n/17 p-value (%) n/35 p-value (%) χ2 p-value df C+ NC+ S+ n/47 p-value (%) n/8 p-value (%) χ2 p-value df NP+ P+ S+
Oesophagostomum spp. 14 82.3 19 54.2 0.46 0.5 1 + - 18 38.2 7 87.5 1.25 0.26 1 + -
Ancylostoma spp. 0 0 7 20 1.82 0.18 1 + - 7 14.8 1 12.5 0 1 1 + -
Trichostrongylus spp. 2 11.7 6.0 17.1 7e-04 0.98 1 + - 5 10.3 3 60.0 1.21 0.27 1 + -
Strongyloides spp. 0 0 3 8.5 0.30 0.58 1 + - 2 4.2 0 0 0 1 1 + -
Ascaris suum 2 11.7 2 5.7 0.025 0.87 1 + - 3 6.3 0 0 0 1 1 + -
Hyostrongylus spp. 1 5.8 2 5.7 0 1 1 + - 3 6.3 4 50 4.75 0.023 1 + +
Globocephalus spp. 0 0 0 0 - - - - 1 2.1 0 0 0 1 1 + -
Balantidium coli 12 70.5 29 82.8 0.016 0.89 1 + - 37 78.7 7 87.5 0 1 1 + -
Isospora suis 14 82.3 21 60.0 0.22 0.64 1 + - 28 59.5 4 50 0 1 1 + -

C+=Castrated having had the highest prevalence, NC+=Non-castrated having had the highest prevalence, NP+=Non-pregnant having had the highest prevalence, P+=Pregnant having had the highest prevalence, S+=Indicating a statistically significant difference