Parasites & Vectors

Table 5 Number of specimens of each slug species collected in Swansea and Bristol

From: Distribution of Angiostrongylus vasorum and its gastropod intermediate hosts along the rural–urban gradient in two cities in the United Kingdom, using real time PCR

Species	Urban		Suburban		Rural
Species	Swansea	Bristol	Swansea	Bristol	Swansea	Bristol
A. rufus	16^a	7^a	33^b	15^b	19^c	5^c
A. flagellus	5	6	13^b	92^b	9^c	17^c
A.subfuscus	1	0	0	4	0	1
A.distinctus	0	3	0	0	0	0
A. owenii	0	12	0	0	0	0
A. ater	0	3	0	8	0	5
A. fasciatus	0	0	0	3	0	0
D. reticulatum	3^a	44^a	0^b	25^b	0^b	24^b
L. maximus	0^a	10^a	0	0	1	2
L. maculatus	18	21	0	0	0	9
T. sowerbyi	0	1	0	1	4	20
Total	43	92	46	148	33	98

Super-scripts show significant differences (p < 0.05) using Chi-square when comparing: ^aurban localities in Swansea and Bristol; ^bsuburban localities in Swansea and Bristol; ^c rural localities in Swansea and Bristol

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