Table 2:

The range and mean worm burden for the different species of gasterointestinal helminths found in 104 stray cats in Meshkin-shahr, Ardabil province, northwest of Iran

	Worm burden Helminth species	Sex of cats				Age of cats
		Males N = 48		Females N = 56		≤2.5 years N = 44		> 2.5 years N = 60
		Range	Mean	Range	Mean	Range	Mean	Range	Mean
Nematodes Cestodes	T. mystax	1–19	4.3	1–18	4.8	1–18	4.9	1–19	3.9
	R. cahirensis	1–3	1.7	2	2	1–3	2	1–2	1.5
	P. praeputialis	1–3	1.5	2–10	6.7	3–10	7	1	15
	T. taeniaeformis	1–7	2.3	1–12	3.4	1–6	2.3	1–12	3.6
	J. pasqualei	1–12	6.1	2–17	8.4	5–17	8.8	1–13	6.6
	D. caninum	1–13	6.1	1–14	7.3	1–13	6.1	2–14	7.9