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Table 1 Parasite contamination index of dog faeces in relation to regions and climate

From: Gastrointestinal parasites of canids, a latent risk to human health in Tunisia

Climate

Sub-humid

Semi-arid

Arid

Desertic

 

Overall contamination index

Locality

Kef

(N = 36)

Kasserine

(N = 132)

Monastir

(N = 95)

Sousse

(N = 81)

Metlaoui

(N = 392)

Zarzis

(N = 129)

Djerba

(N = 127)

Tataouine

(N = 103)

Douz

(N = 175)

P-value

 

Parasite

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

  

Toxocara spp.

16.7 (6)

17.4 (23)

30.5 (29)

17.3 (14)

29.3 (115)

17.8 (23)

51.2 (65)

21.3 (22)

26.8 (47)

<0.00001

27.2 (344)

Taeniidae

8.3 (3)

18.9 (25)

10.5 (10)

13.6 (11)

44.6 (175)

17.8 (23)

29.1 (37)

14.6 (15)

28.5 (50)

<0.00001

27.4 (349)

E. granulosus a

8.3 (3)

18.2 (24)

9.6 (9)

12.3 (10)

41.3 (162)

17.8 (23)

27.6 (35)

14.6 (15)

26.8 (47)

<0.00001

25.8 (328)

Trichuris spp.

52.8 (19)

0.7 (1)

20 (19)

16 (13)

0 (0)

2.3 (3)

3.1 (4)

0 (0)

1.1 (2)

<0.00001

4.8 (61)

Ancylostoma spp.

5.5 (2)

6.8 (9)

4.2 (4)

8.6 (7)

3.7 (14)

5.4 (7)

5.5 (7)

8.7 (9)

0 (0)

0.0193

4.6 (59)

Capillaria spp.

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.8 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.3549

0.1 (1)

Spirocerca spp.

5.5 (2)

0 (0)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.0013

0.2 (3)

D. caninum

0 (0)

0.7 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.3746

0.1 (1)

Coccidia

38.9 (14)

24.2 (32)

26.3 (25)

4.9 (4)

15.5 (61)

10.1 (13)

8.7 (11)

0.9 (1)

2.8 (5)

<0.00001

13.1 (166)

  1. a E. granulosus eggs were identified on biomolecular basis
  2. Abbreviations: N Number of faecal samples analysed, n Number of positive samples, % Percentage of positive samples