Table 3 Prevalence of tick-borne pathogen infections related to some risk factors (season, age, sex, and breed) by microscopic examination of blood smears
Risk factor | Groups | Total examined dogs | Babesia canis | Anaplasmataceae | Mixed infection | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infected dogs | % | Infected dogs | % | Infected dogs | % | Infected dogs | % | |||
Season | Winter | 62 | 3 | 4.84 | 4 | 6.45 | 1 | 1.61 | 8 | 12.9 |
Spring | 43 | 3 | 6.98 | 6 | 13.95 | 3 | 6.98 | 12 | 27.9 | |
Summer | 47 | 6 | 12.77 | 0 | 21.28a | 5 | 10.64 | 21 | 44.68a | |
Autumn | 56 | 5 | 8.93 | 3 | 5.36 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14. 29 | |
Age/year |  < year | 66 | 2 | 3.03 | 3 | 4.55 | 2 | 3.03 | 7 | 10.61 |
1–5 years | 98 | 11 | 11.22 | 16 | 16.33a | 6 | 6.12 | 33 | 33.67a | |
 > 5 years | 44 | 4 | 9.1 | 4 | 9.1 | 1 | 2.27 | 9 | 20.45 | |
Sex | Male | 135 | 10 | 7.41 | 14 | 10.37 | 6 | 4.44 | 30 | 22.22 |
Female | 73 | 7 | 9.59 | 9 | 12.33 | 3 | 4.11 | 19 | 26.02 | |
Breeds | Long hair | 111 | 8 | 7.21 | 10 | 9.01 | 6 | 5.41 | 24 | 21.62 |
Short hair | 97 | 9 | 9.28 | 13 | 13.4 | 3 | 3.1 | 31 | 25.77 | |
Total | 208 | 17 | 8.2 | 23 | 11.1 | 9 | 4.33 | 49 | 23.56 | |