Table 2 Prevalence of spirorchiid infections in loggerhead turtles according to the geographical area, age-class, body condition index, and sex
| Â | Â | n | Spirorchiids | H. mistroides | Neospirorchis Neogen-11 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Prevalence (%) | Positive | Prevalence (%) | Positive | Prevalence (%) | |||
Geographical area | Adriatic | 208 | 43 | 20.7 | 41 | 19.7 | 20 | 9.6 |
Tyrrhenian | 111 | 13 | 11.7 | 10 | 9.0 | 4 | 3.6 | |
Age-class | Juveniles | 52 | 5 | 9.6 | 5 | 9.6 | 1 | 1.9 |
Subadults | 192 | 35 | 18.2 | 34 | 17.7 | 17 | 8.9 | |
Adults | 62 | 16 | 25.8 | 12 | 19.4 | 6 | 9.7 | |
BCI | Poor-average-good | 50 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 14.0 | 5 | 10 |
Very good | 241 | 43 | 17.8 | 39 | 16.2 | 19 | 7.9 | |
Sex | Male | 108 | 17 | 15.7 | 16 | 14.8 | 7 | 6.5 |
Female | 178 | 33 | 18.5 | 29 | 16.3 | 13 | 7.3 | |