Table 1 Prevalence of infection with different vector-borne pathogens in brown and spotted hyenas from Namibia and spotted hyenas from Tanzania
Pathogen | Brown hyenas Namibia (BHNA) | Spotted hyenas Namibia (SHNA) | Spotted hyenas Tanzania (SHTZ) | Significance of comparisons (pa) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | N | Freq. (%) | 95% CI (%) | n | N | Freq. (%) | 95% CI (%) | n | N | Freq. (%) | 95% CI (%) | BHNA vs SHNA | BHNA vs SHTZ | SHNA vs SHTZ | |
Onchocercidae | 7 | 17 | 47.1 | 26.2–69.0 | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 27.3–68.3 | 9 | 25 | 36.0 | 20.2–55.5 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Piroplasms | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 52.7–90.4 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 36.3–76.9 | 7 | 25 | 28.0 | 14.3–47.6 | 0.266 | 0.008 | 0.111 |
Babesia lengau | 12 | 17 | 70.6 | 46.9–86.7 | 16 | 18 | 88.9 | 67.2–96.9 | 8 | 25 | 32.0 | 17.2–51.6 | 0.213 | 0.036 | 0.001 |
Hepatozoon spp. | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 41.3–82.7 | 7 | 19 | 36.8 | 19.1–59.0 | 11 | 25 | 44.0 | 26.7–62.9 | 0.337 | 0.416 | 0.650 |
Anaplasmataceae | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 59.0–93.8 | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 83.2–100.0 | 8 | 25 | 32.0 | 17.2–51.6 | 0.026 | 0.003 | < 0.001 |
Rickettsia spp. | 1 | 17 | 5.9 | 1.0–27.0 | 3 | 19 | 15.8 | 5.5–37.6 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0–13.3 | 0.810 | 0.810 | 0.219 |