Table 1.
Distribution of prevalence of D. immitis, D. repens, and co-infections in dogs in Northern Serbia by gender and age.
| D. immitis | D. repens | D. immitis/D. repens | Dirofilaria spp. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dog samples n° (%) | Test Positive (%) | Knott Positive (%) | Test Positive (%) | Knott Positive (%) | Test Positive (%) | Knott Positive (%) | TOTAL Positive (%) | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 173 (50.00%) | 54 (31.21%) | 52 (30.06%) | No test | 1 (0.58%) | 2 (1.16%)/No test | 2 (1.16%) | 57 (32.95%) |
| Female | 173 (50.00%) | 37 (21.39%) | 37 (21.39%) | No test | 4 (2.31%) | 3 (1.73%)/No test | 3 (1.73%) | 44 (25.43%) |
| Age | ||||||||
| <3 | 162 (46.82%) | 44 (27.16%) | 44 (27.16%) | No test | 1 (0.62%) | 0 (0.00%)/No test | 0 (0.00%) | 45 (27.78%) |
| 3–5 | 133 (38.44%) | 34 (25.56%) | 34 (25.56%) | No test | 2 (1.50%) | 2 (1.50%)/No test | 2 (1.50%) | 38 (28.57%) |
| 6–8 | 30 (8.67%) | 11(36.66%) | 9 (30.00%) | No test | 1 (3.33%) | 2 (6.67%)/No test | 2 (6.67%) | 14 (46.66%) |
| >9 | 21 (6.07%) | 2 (9.52%) | 2 (9.52%) | No test | 1 (4.76%) | 1 (4.76%)/No test | 1 (4.76%) | 4 (19.05%) |
| Total | 346 | 91 (26.30%) | 89 (25.72%) | No test | 5 (1.45%) | 5 (1.45%)/No test | 5 (1.45%) | 101 (29.19%) |