Table 1 Prevalence and infection intensity of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei in carnivores in NE Poland
Species | Location of hosts (no. of infected individuals in parentheses) | Sample size | No. of infected | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | Mean infection intensity (range) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AF | BPF | BV | KF | MLD | Other | ||||||
Raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)* | 123 (37) | 90 (59) | 4 (1) | 71 (9) | 64 (3) | 1 (0) | 353 | 109 | 30.9 | 26.1–35.8 | 4.2 (1–23) |
European badger (Meles meles) | 87 (31) | 19 (13) | – | 5 (3) | 14 (0) | 4 (0) | 129 | 47 | 36.4 | 28.4–44.8 | 38.2 (1–276) |
Pine marten (Martes martes) | 11 (0) | 22 (7) | – | 4 (0) | – | 5 (0) | 42 | 7 | 16.7 | 7.0–28.8 | 2.6 (1–6) |
Stone marten (Martes foina) | 5 (0) | 11 (0) | – | 6 (0) | 3 (0) | 2 (0) | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0–0.07 | – |
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | – | 7 (2) | – | 7 (0) | 1 (0) | – | 15 | 2 | na | na | 1.5 (1–2) |
European polecat (Mustela putorius) | 1 (0) | 1 (1) | – | 1 (1) | – | 3 (0) | 6 | 2 | na | na | 12.5 (8–17) |
American mink (Neovison vison)* | 1 (0) | 3 (3) | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | na | na | 31.3 (1–92) |
River otter (Lutra lutra) | – | 3 (1) | 1 (0) | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | na | na | 2.5 (1–4) |
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | – | 1 (0) | – | – | 3 | 0 | na | na | – |
Total | 229 (68) | 157 (86) | 5 (1) | 95 (13) | 82 (3) | 15 (0) | 583 | 172 | 29.5 | 25.9–33.2 | 14.1 (1–276) |