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Table 2 Number and prevalence (%) of infected (per parasite taxon) cats and mean species richness (Menhinick’s index) in all sampled regions of Greece

From: Feline gastrointestinal parasitism in Greece: emergent zoonotic species and associated risk factors

Region (no. of examined cats)

Tc

Cystois. spp.

Ancyl.

Aa

Giar. spp.

Jp

Ca

Dc

Tl

Tb

D

Macedonia (n = 476)

128 (26.9)

99 (20.8)

12 (2.5)

17 (3.6)

2 (0.4)

8 (1.7)

2 (0.4)

2 (0.4)

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

0.41

Islands (n = 270)

68 (25.2)

33 (12.2)

152 (56.3)

11 (4.1)

16 (5.9)

0 (0)

5 (1.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.4)

0.43

Central Greece (n = 171)

39 (22.8)

24 (14.0)

14 (8.2)

3 (1.8)

0 (0)

4 (2.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.6)

1 (0.6)

0.54

Epirus (n = 111)

24 (21.6)

13 (11.7)

5 (4.5)

6 (5.4)

3 (2.7)

1 (0.9)

1 (0.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.66

Thrace (n = 52)

13 (25.0)

5 (9.6)

3 (5.8)

1 (1.9)

0 (0)

1 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.69

Peloponnesus (n = 37)

5 (13.5)

4 (10.8)

0 (0)

2 (5.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.49

Thessaly (n = 33)

1 (3.0)

11 (33.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

5 (15.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.52

  1. Abbreviations: Tc Toxocara cati, Cystois. spp. Cystoisospora spp., Ancyl. Ancylostomatidae, Aa Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Giar. spp. Giardia spp., Jp Joyeuxiella pasqualei, Ca Capillaria aerophila, Dc Dipylidium caninum, Tl Toxascaris leonina, Tb Troglostrongylus brevior, D Menhinick’s species richness index