Cardio-pulmonary parasites of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) in Germany

Bisterfeld, Katrin; Raulf, Marie-Kristin; Waindok, Patrick; Springer, Andrea; Lang, Johannes; Lierz, Michael; Siebert, Ursula; Strube, Christina

doi:10.1186/s13071-022-05578-z

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Results of GLM testing the influence of predictor variables on the prevalence of selected cardio-pulmonary parasite species in the subset of 103 Felis silvestris

From: Cardio-pulmonary parasites of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) in Germany

	Aelurostrongylus abstrusus				Troglostrongylus brevior				Angiostrongylus chabaudi
	Estimate	SE	z-value	P-value	Estimate	SE	z-value	P-value	Estimate	SE	z-value	P-value
Intercept	1.241	1.129	1.100	0.271	− 1.313	1.028	− 1.277	0.202	0.853	1.241	0.687	0.492
Sex (ref. male)
Female	− 0.160	0.695	− 0.230	0.818	− 1.514	0.697	− 2.173	0.030*	1.153	0.613	1.881	0.060
Age (ref. adult)
Subadult	− 2.462	1.077	− 2.286	0.022*	− 0.842	0.872	− 0.966	0.334	0.339	0.802	0.423	0.673
Immature	0.727	0.797	0.912	0.362	2.080	0.830	2.505	0.012*	− 1.438	0.748	− 1.921	0.055
Juvenile	− 1.390	1.410	− 0.986	0.324	− 1.244	1.602	− 0.777	0.437	− 1.600	1.180	− 1.356	0.175
Nutritional condition (ref. very good/good)
Moderate	− 0.604	0.758	− 0.797	0.425	− 1.505	0.768	− 1.959	0.050*	0.914	0.701	1.304	0.192
Bad/cachectic	2.029	1.320	1.538	0.124	2.939	1.197	2.455	0.014*	0.543	1.152	0.472	0.637
Month of finding (ref. January)
February	− 1.849	1.607	− 1.150	0.250	− 3.223	1.834	− 1.758	0.079	− 3.134	1.633	− 1.919	0.055
March	− 2.152	1.312	− 1.641	0.101	0.659	1.058	0.623	0.534	− 1.959	1.345	− 1.457	0.145
April	0.347	1.416	0.245	0.806	− 0.244	1.197	− 0.204	0.839	− 2.966	1.537	− 1.930	0.054
May	− 2.352	1.818	− 1.294	0.196	− 18.646	1391.561	− 0.013	0.989	− 2.997	1.614	− 1.857	0.063
June	17.601	1489.149	0.012	0.991	− 0.689	2.452	− 0.281	0.779	− 3.879	2.012	− 1.928	0.054
July	0.620	1.636	0.379	0.705	− 0.384	1.447	− 0.266	0.791	− 2.565	1.618	− 1.585	0.113
August	− 2.264	1.722	− 1.315	0.189	− 0.791	1.515	− 0.522	0.601	− 2.266	1.792	− 1.265	0.206
September	0.062	1.309	0.048	0.962	− 1.955	1.276	− 1.531	0.126	− 1.946	1.366	− 1.425	0.154
October	− 1.012	1.257	− 0.805	0.421	− 1.462	1.201	− 1.217	0.224	− 1.540	1.406	− 1.095	0.273
November	− 1.181	1.019	− 1.159	0.246	− 1.182	0.883	− 1.338	0.181	− 1.070	1.197	− 0.894	0.371
December	− 2.972	1.866	− 1.592	0.111	− 0.265	1.321	− 0.201	0.841	− 1.735	1.532	− 1.133	0.257
State of decomposition (ref. fresh)
Moderate fresh/moderate rotten	− 1.791	0.752	− 2.383	0.017*	1.710	0.729	2.345	0.019*	0.050	0.648	0.076	0.939
Proceeded rotten	− 1.051	1.345	− 0.781	0.435	1.539	1.229	1.252	0.211	− 1.494	1.276	− 1.171	0.242
Coinfection
With A. abstrusus					− 0.660	0.660	− 1.000	0.317	1.580	0.592	2.670	0.008*
With T. brevior	− 0.278	0.635	− 0.438	0.662					0.997	0.618	1.613	0.107
With A. chabaudi	1.670	0.644	2.591	0.010*	1.312	0.673	1.951	0.051

The full models were significantly different from a null model containing only the intercept (A. abstrusus: χ² = 50.8, df = 21, P < 0.001; T. brevior: χ² = 38.1, Df = 21, P = 0.013; A. chabaudi: χ² = 35.7, df = 21, P = 0.024)
SE, standard error
^*Significant P-values (≤ 0.05)

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