Table 4:

Types and numbers of gastrointestinal parasites recovered from dogs in Palestine, distributed according to sex, age and housing

Vriable	Number examined	Type of parasites detected	Number of each parasite	Total number positive dogs
Sex
Male	92	T. canis	28	59 (4 cases with multiple parasites)
		D. caninum	14
		Echinococcus spp.	7
		I. canis	2
		A. caninum	4
		Giarda spp.	2
		Strongyloides spp.	2
		T. vulpis	2
		Cryptosporidium spp.	2
Female	58	T. canis	18	42 (10 cases with multiple parasites)
		D. caninum	9
		Echinococcus spp.	7
		I. canis	7
		A. caninum	4
		Giarda spp.	3
		Strongyloides spp.	2
		T. vulpis	1
		Cryptosporidium spp.	1
Age
Young <1year	55	T. canis	21	37 (3 cases with multiple parasites)
		D. caninum	5
		Echinococcus spp.	4
		I. canis	6
		Giarda spp.	1
		T. vulpis	1
		Cryptosporidium spp.	2
Adult >1year	95	T. canis	25	64 (10 cases with multiple parasites)
		D. caninum	18
		Echinococcus spp.	10
		I. canis	3
		A. caninum	7
		Giarda spp.	4
		Strongyloides spp.	4
		T. vulpis	2
		Cryptosporidium spp.	1
Housing
Household	64	T. canis	13	31 (3 cases with multiple parasites)
		D. caninum	5
		Echinococcus spp.	4
		I. canis	3
		A. caninum	1
		Giarda spp.	2
		Strongyloides spp.	3
		Cryptosporidium spp.	3
Stray	86	T. canis	33	70 (11 cases with multiple parasites)
		D. caninum	18
		Echinococcus spp.	10
		I. canis	6
		A. caninum	7
		Giarda spp.	3
		Strongyloides spp.	1
		T. vulpis	3
Total	150		344	101