Table 6 Abundance of helminth tax by host species and site

Nematodes

Mastophorus muris

1.0 ± 0.36

0.2 ± 0.15

1.2 ± 0.18

0.2 ± 0.12

0.9 ± 0.12

Syphacia muris

0

0

5.7 ± 2.83

0

3.4 ± 1.66

Nippostrongylus brasiliensis

0.05 ± 0.05

12.4 ± 4.77

8.6 ± 1.80

1.4 ± 0.64

7.3 ± 1.33

Gongylonema neoplasticum

0

0

0.007 ± 0.005

0

0.004 ± 0.005

Pterygodermatites whartoni/tani

0.05 ± 0.05

1.1 ± 0.82

0.4 ± 0.17

0.5 ± 0.35

0.5 ± 0.18

Heterakis spumosum

1.6 ± 0.88

0.9 ± 0.25

2.0 ± 0.30

0.7 ± 0.27

1.6 ± 0.21

Angiostrongylus malaysiensis

0.03 ± 0.03

0.01 ± 0.01

0.04 ± 0.03

0

0.03 ± 0.02

   All nematodes

2.7 ± 0.96

14.6 ± 4.83

17.9 ± 3.46

2.8 ± 0.75

13.6 ± 2.20

Cestodes

Hymenolepis diminuta

1.9 ± 0.65

4.2 ± 0.94

2.9 ± 0.78

2.7 ± 0.75

3.0 ± 0.50

Hymenolepis nana

4.9 ± 2.10

4.7 ± 2.12

14.0 ± 2.36

15.1 ± 5.02

11.5 ± 1.59

Taenia taeniaeformis

0

0

0.02 ± 0.01

0

0.01 ± 0.005

   All adult cestodes

6.8 ± 2.14

9.0 ± 2.22

16.9 ± 2.44

17.8 ± 4.94

14.4 ± 1.63

   All cestodes

6.8 ± 2.14

9.0 ± 2.22

16.9 ± 2.44

17.8 ± 4.94

14.4 ± 1.63

Acanthocephala

Moniliformis moniliformis

0.3 ± 0.14

0.2 ± 0.08

0.2 ± 0.04

1.0 ± 0.80

0.3 ± 0.11

All helminths

9.8 ± 2.29

23.7 ± 5.60

35.0 ± 4.30

21.6 ± 5.37

28.4 ± 2.81