Table 1.
The prevalence of coronavirus genetic material in the investigated pigeons. n represents the total number of samples, n+ represents the samples positive for coronaviral genetic material. The values in the same column with different superscripts (a, b) differ significantly with p < 0.05 in χ2 test.
| CoV | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Group of Pigeons | n | n+ | % |
| Adult | 116 | 23 | 19.83 a |
| Young | 99 | 34 | 34.34 b |
| Asymptomatic | 87 | 17 | 19.54 |
| Symptomatic | 128 | 40 | 31.25 |
| Adult asymptomatic | 73 | 14 | 19.18 |
| Adult symptomatic | 43 | 9 | 20.93 |
| Young asymptomatic | 14 | 3 | 21.43 |
| Young symptomatic | 85 | 31 | 36.47 |