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Table 3 Infection parameters (with 95% CI in parentheses, and range in brackets) of species of the Pseudaliidae found in five cetacean species stranded on the Spanish Mediterranean coast between 1987 and 2019

From: Determinants of lungworm specificity in five cetacean species in the western Mediterranean

Host species

n

Halocercus delphini

Stenurus ovatus

Stenurus globicephalae

P

MA

MI

P

MA

MI

P

MA

MI

Stenella coeruleoalba

119

61.3 (52.1–69.8)

25.70 (18.30–37.30)

41.8 (30.1-59.0) [1–278]

5.9 (2.8–11.7)

0.084 (0.03–0.17)

1.4 (1.0–2.0) [1–3]

0.0 (0.0–3.2)

0.00

0.0

Tursiops truncatus

18

27.8 (11.6–52.9)

1.11 (0.28–3.00)

4.0 (1.8–7.3) [1–10]

33.3 (15.6–58.6)

5.61 (1.56–14.80)

16.8 (6.1–32.2) [2–48]

0.0 (0.0–18.5)

0.00

0.0

Delphinus delphis

6

100.0 (58.9–100.0)

20.80 (8.33–50.80)

20.8 (8.5–52.6) [4–71]

16.7 (0.9–58.9)

0.167 (0.00–0.33)

1.0

0.0 (0.0–41.1)

0.00

0.0

Grampus griseus

7

42.9 (12.9–77.5)

1.43 (0.14–4.71)

3.3 (1.0–5.6) [1–8]

0.0 (0.0–37.7)

0.00

0.0

57.1 (22.5–87.1)

0.71 (0.14–1.14)

1.2 (1.0–1.5) [1, 2]

Globicephala melas

7

0.0 (0.0–37.7)

0.00

0.0

0.000 (0.000–0.377)

0.00

0.0

42.9 (12.9–77.5)

  
  1. P, prevalence (%); MA, mean abundance; MI, mean intensity; n, number of hosts analysed. Blank cells indicate values for which data were unavailable