Table 1 Seropositivity among horses from the north of Portugal to Leishmania infantum and Toxoplasma gondii by gender, age group, type of housing, ability and clinical status
Animals tested (n) | Relative distribution (%) | L. infantum-seropositive | T. gondii-seropositive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n) | (%) | (n) | (%) | |||
Gender | ||||||
Female | 78 | 45.1 | 3 | 3.8 | 11 | 14.1 |
Male | 30 | 17.3 | 2 | 6.7 | 1 | 3.3 |
Gelding | 65 | 37.6 | 2 | 3.1 | 11 | 16.9 |
Age (years) | ||||||
1.5–6 | 48 | 27.7 | 3 | 6.3 | 5 | 10.4 |
7–612 | 76 | 43.9 | 1 | 1.3 | 8 | 10.5 |
13–630 | 49 | 28.3 | 3 | 6.1 | 10 | 20.4 |
Housing | ||||||
Indoors | 73 | 42.2 | 3 | 4.1 | 6 | 8.2 |
Mixed/outdoors | 99 | 57.2 | 4 | 4.0 | 17 | 17.2 |
Not determined | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Ability | ||||||
Recreation | 109 | 63.0 | 7 | 6.4 | 14 | 12.8 |
Farming | 30 | 17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 13.3 |
Sports | 30 | 17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 16.7 |
Not determined | 4 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Clinical status | ||||||
Apparently healthy | 148 | 85.5 | 5 | 3.4 | 21 | 14.2 |
Sick | 14 | 8.1 | 2 | 14.3 | 2 | 14.3 |
Not determined | 11 | 6.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Total | 173 | 100 | 7 | 4.0 | 23 | 13.3 |