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Table 1 Comparison of prevalence of FVBD pathogens in different groups of cats from southern Portugal

From: Bacterial and protozoal agents of feline vector-borne diseases in domestic and stray cats from southern Portugal

Variable/category

Nº of tested cats (%)

N° of positive cats (%)

Anaplasma/Ehrlichia

Babesia

Bartonella

B. burgdorferi s.l.

Hepatozoon

Leishmania

≥ 1 positive PCR

Gender

649

       

Female

372 (57.3)

18 (4.8)

31 (8.3)

11 (3.0)

9 (2.4)

32 (8.6)

44 (11.8)

122 (32.8)

Male

277 (42.7)

17 (6.1)

12 (4.3)

8 (2.9)

5 (1.8)

24 (8.7)

20 (7.2)

72 (26.0)

Breed

484

       

DSH

432 (89.3)

22 (5.1)

22 (5.1)*

10 (2.3)

4 (0.9)

31 (7.2)

33 (7.6)

109 (25.2)

Other breed

52 (10.7)

1 (1.9)

10 (19.2)*

2 (3.8)

1 (1.9)

3 (5.8)

7 (13.5)

19 (36.5)

Lifestyle

649

       

Domestic

320 (49.3)

9 (2.8)*

28 (8.8)*

5 (1.6)

3 (0.9)

24 (7.5)

33 (10.3)

91 (28.4)

Stray

329 (50.7)

26 (7.9)*

15 (4.6)*

14 (4.3)

11 (3.3)

32 (9.7)

31 (9.4)

103 (31.3)

Age (months)

462

       

[3-11]

129 (27.9)

5 (3.9)

13 (10.1)

4 (3.1)

1 (0.8)

3 (2.3)*

6 (4.7)a

27 (20.9)

[12-59]

216 (46.8)

10 (4.6)

13 (6.0)

6 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

17 (7.9)

14 (6.5)b

54 (25.0)

[60-228]

117 (25.3)

5 (4.3)

5 (4.3)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.7)

11 (9.4)*

16 (13.7)a,b

35 (29.9)

Acaricides-insecticides

568

       

Yes

204 (35.9)

5 (2.5)

4 (2.0)*

3 (1.5)

3 (1.5)

11 (5.4)*

27 (13.2)*

51 (25.0)*

No

364 (64.1)

22 (6.0)

37 (10.2)*

16 (4.4)

10 (2.7)

42 (11.5)*

28 (7.7)*

126 (34.6)*

Region

649

       

Lisbon

386 (59.5)

18 (4.7)

9 (2.3)*

8 (2.1)

3 (0.8)*

25 (6.5)*

31 (8.0)

85 (22.0)*

Algarve

263 (40.5)

17 (6.5)

34 (12.9)*

11 (4.2)

11 (4.2)*

31 (11.8)*

33 (12.5)

109 (41.4)*

Habitat

649

       

Urban

282 (43.5)

18 (6.4)

8 (2.8)*

4 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

14 (5.0)*

9 (3.2)*

47 (16.7)*

Rural

367 (56.5)

17 (4.6)

35 (9.5)*

15 (4.1)

14 (3.8)

42 (11.4)*

55 (15.0)*

147 (40.1)*

Housing

589

       

Totally indoors

124 (21.1)

3 (2.4)

6 (4.8)

1 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

3 (2.4)*

13 (10.5)

24 (19.4)*

Access to outdoors

465 (78.9)

28 (6.0)

36 (7.7)

17 (3.7)

8 (1.7)

51 (11.0)*

39 (8.4)

151 (32.5)*

FeLV

242

       

Negative

231 (95.5)

12 (5.2)

15 (6.5)

6 (2.6)

6 (2.6)

13 (5.6)

29 (12.6)

70 (30.3)

Positive

11 (4.5)

1 (9.1)

1 (9.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (9.1)

1 (9.1)

0 (0.0)

3 (27.3)

FIV

247

       

Negative

226 (91.5)

11 (4.9)

16 (7.1)

6 (2.7)

6 (2.7)

14 (6.2)

28 (12.4)

69 (30.5)

Positive

21 (8.5)

3 (14.3)

1 (4.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.8)

1 (4.8)

1 (4.8)

6 (28.6)

Clinical status

222

       

Non-suspect

197 (88.7)

8 (4.1)

26 (13.2)

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

12 (6.1)

8 (4.1)

49 (24.9)

Suspect

25 (11.3)

3 (12.0)

1 (4.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.0)

3 (12.0)

6 (24.0)

Total

649 (100)

35 (5.4)

43 (6.6)

19 (2.9)

14 (2.2)

56 (8.6)

64 (9.9)

194 (29.9)

  1. *,a,b Statistically significant difference (p <0.05); DSH: domestic short-haired; FeLV: feline leukaemia virus; FIV: feline immunodeficiency virus.
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