Table 2 Prevalence of Dirofilaria repens infection in sampled dogs from the Republic of Moldova

Location

 Chișinău

6/78

7.7%

2.9–16.0

0 (1)

1

 Cahul

4/42

9.5%

2.7–22.6

Sex

 Male

2/50

4.0%

0.5–13.2

1.246 (1)

0.19

 Female

8/70

11.4%

7.1–24.7

Age

 < 2 Years

0/29

0.0%

0.0–12.0

2.186 (1)

0.115

 ≥ 2 Years

10/91

11.0%

5.2–19.3

Breed

 Pure breed

1/11

9.1%

0.2–41.3

0 (1)

1

 Mixed breed

9/109

8.3%

3.9–15.1

Origin

 Shelter

9/90

10.0%

4.7–18.1

0.581 (1)

0.448

 Owned

1/30

3.3%

0.1–17.2

Total

10/120

8.3%

4.1–14.8

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