Table 1.
Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections per group in the studied pig population (suckling piglets, weaners, growers, fatteners, sows, n = 230 pigs per group, total = 1150 pigs)
| Parasite | Suckling Piglets |
Weaners | Growers | Fatteners | Sows | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balantidium coli | 6 (2.6%) | 31 (13.5%) | 86 (37.4%) | 125 (54.3%) | 187 (81.3%) | 435 (37.8%) |
| Entamoeba spp. | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.3%) | 8 (3.5%) | 84 (36.5%) | 95 (8.3%) |
| Cystoisospora suis | 44 (19.1%) | 21 (9.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (1.7%) | 69 (6.0%) |
| Ascaris suum | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.9%) | 2 (0.9%) | 38 (16.5%) | 42 (3.7%) |
| Trichuris suis | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 28 (12.2%) | 29 (2.5%) |
| Oesophagostomum spp. | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.9%) | 2 (0.9%) | 12 (5.2%) | 16 (1.4%) |
| Single infection | 44 (19.1%) | 48 (20.9%) | 83 (36.1%) | 119 (51.7%) | 80 (34.8%) | 374 (32.5%) |
| Double infection | 3 (1.3%) | 2 (0.9%) | 4 (1.7%) | 9 (3.9%) | 94 (40.9%) | 112 (9.7%) |
| Triple infection | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 23 (10.0%) | 24 (2.1%) |
| Quadriple infection | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (1.7%) | 4 (0.3%) |