Table 1 Prevalence of gastrointestinal and respiratory parasites in the studied cats (n = 1150)

Toxocara cati

278

24.2

21.8–26.7

Cystoisospora spp.

189

16.4

14.4–18.7

Ancylostomatidae

186

16.2

14.2–18.4

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

40

3.5

2.6–4.7

Giardia spp.

26

2.3

1.6–3.3

Joyeuxiella pasqualei

14

1.2

0.7–2.0

Capillaria aerophila

8

0.7

0.4–1.4

Dipylidium caninum

3

0.2

0–0.8

Toxascaris leonina

2

0.1

0–0.6

Troglostrongylus brevior

2

0.1

0–0.6

Total (with at least one parasite)

583

50.7

47.8–53.6