Toxoplasma gondii survey in cats from two environments of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Modified Agglutination Test on sera and filter-paper

Table 2 Environmental characteristics of sample collection areas and living conditions of the corresponding cat populations

Features^a	Sample collection areas
	Municipal shelter	Residential district
Living space	shelter	private residential district
Life style	sheltered	free-roaming (stray and feral)
Food habits	mostly kibbles	mostly prey
Area (m²)	9,300	780,000
Cat density (m² per cat)	31	3,587
Biodiversity	poor	rich
Climate	humid tropical	humid subtropical
Annual rainfall index (mm)^b	512.2	966.2
Landscape	embankment, landfill	sandbank, mangroves
District urbanization (%)	99	55
District density (people per hectare)	up to 100	up to 50

^aCat population data were provided by the Special Office of Defense and Promotion of Animals of the City of Rio de Janeiro and by Quatro Elementos Veterinary Medicine and Environmental consulting. The climatic and demographic data are available at http://www.armazemdedados.rio.rj.gov.br/
^bData from the 2014 report of Alerta-Rio [69]

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