From: Parasites of domestic owned cats in Europe: co-infestations and risk factors
Toxocara cati | Aelurostrongylus abstrusus | Otodectes cynotis | Ctenocephalides spp. | ||||||||
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Center of examination | |||||||||||
Maisons-Alfort | 0.66 [0.23-1.62] | NS | 0.30 [0.08-0.82] | * | 2.10 [0.97-4.38] | NS (.) | |||||
Bari | 2.51 [1.29-4.82] | ** | 0.64 [0.20-1.84] | NS | 4.06 [2.75-6.06] | * | 0.19 [0.07-0.43] | *** | |||
Budapest | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |||
Cluj-Napoca | 2.81 [1.82-4.39] | *** | 1.56 [0.64-3.83] | NS | 0.45 [0.25-0.76] | ** | 1.43 [0.90-2.27] | NS | |||
Liege | 0.42 [0.12-1.13] | NS | 0.22 [0.03-0.74] | * | 5.30 [2.60-10.66] | *** | |||||
Madrid | 0.75 [0.24-1.97] | NS | 0.53 [0.19-1.24] | 0.64 [0.13-0.63] | NS | ||||||
Nantes | 1.30 [0.52-2.95] | NS | 0.15 [0.02-0.52] | * | 4.86 [2.46-9.51] | *** | |||||
Naples | 5.05 [3.07-8.43] | *** | 4.26 [1.96-9.81] | *** | 1.73 [1.09-2.74] | * | 7.69 [4.60-13.02] | *** | |||
Vienna | 0.79 [0.28-1.88] | NS | 0.23 [0.07-0.59] | ** | - | - | |||||
Age of cats | |||||||||||
<6 months | 2.12 [1.32-3.44] | ** | - | - | 0.72 [0.40-1.25] | NS | 1.09 [0.62-1.93] | NS | |||
6-24 months | 1.00 | - | - | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |||
>24 months | 0.64 [0.43-0.93] | * | - | - | 0.99 [0.70-1.42] | NS | 1.50 [0.99-2.31] | NS | |||
Outdoor access | |||||||||||
Rare | 0.41 [0.21-0.75] | ** | 0.22 [0.06-0.55] | ** | 0.35 [0.23-0.53] | *** | 0.26 [0.17-0.41] | *** | |||
Frequent | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |||
Multipet household | Number of other cats in the house | Multipet household | |||||||||
0 | 1.34 [0.89-2.01] | NS | No | 1.11 [0.56-2.09] | * | No | 1.25 [0.64-2.36] | NS | |||
1-2 | 1.00 | - | Yes | 1.00 | - | Yes | 1.00 | - | |||
≥ 3 | 2.27 [1.54-3.36] | *** | |||||||||
Treatments | Anthelmintic treatment per year (nb) | Anti-flea treatment per year (nb) | |||||||||
0 | 1.54 [1.05-2.27] | * | ≤3 | 1.00 | - | ||||||
1-2 | 1.00 | - | ≥4 | 0.22 [0.13-0.37] | *** | ||||||
≥ 3 | 10.48 [0.27-0.83] | * | |||||||||
Interactions | >24 months + rare outdoor access | <6 months + single animal | >24 months + single animal | ||||||||
0.30 [0.10-0.81] | * | 5.36 [1.92-15.23] | ** | 0.40 [0.17-0.92] | * |