From: Prevalence and risk factors associated with cat parasites in Italy: a multicenter study
Characteristics | Values, n (%) | Characteristics | Values, n (%) |
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Sex | Number of ectoparasiticide treatments done in the last year | ||
Male | 492 (49.8) | 0 | 655 (66.4) |
Female | 495 (50.2) | 1 | 192 (19.5) |
Status | 2 | 59 (6.0) | |
Non-sterilized | 438 (44.4) | 3 | 38 (3.9) |
Sterlized | 549 (55.6) | 4 | 24 (2.4) |
Provenance | 5 | 7 (0.7) | |
Shelter | 29 (2.9) | 6 | 11 (1.1) |
Colony | 275 (27.9) | 7 | 0 (0.0) |
Privately owned | 683 (69.2) | 8 | 1 (0.1) |
Lifestyle | Number of endoparasiticide treatments done in the last year | ||
Predominantly indoor | 239 (24.2) | 0 | 752 (76.2) |
Predominatly outdoor | 423 (42.9) | 1 | 159 (16.1) |
Exclusively outdoor | 325 (32.9) | 2 | 47 (4.8) |
Geographical area in ltaly | 3 | 14 (1.4) | |
North | 331 (33.5) | 4 | 10 (1.0) |
Central | 223 (22.6) | 5 | 1 (0.1) |
South | 433 (43.9) | 6 | 3 (0.3) |
Age (years) | 7 | 0 (0.0) | |
<Ā 1 | 277 (28.1) | 8 | 1 (0.1) |
1ā5 | 467 (47.3) | Ā | Ā |
>Ā 5 | 243 (24.6) | Ā | Ā |