Diversity of Thelazia spp. in domestic cattle from Romania: epidemiology and molecular diagnosis by a novel multiplex PCR

Table 2 Intensity of Thelazia spp. infection per eye and by developmental stages of each species

Thelazia spp.	Intensity of infection^a	Mean intensity of infection^b	Minimum^b	Maximum^b	Median^b
T. rhodesi
Total n	458	4.5	1	41	3
M	102	0.9	0	15	0
F	288	2.5	0	26	2
L5	35	0.3	0	5	0
L4	33	0.3	0	4	0
T. skrjabini
Total n	109	3.9	1	13	4
M	20	0.7	0	3	0
F	83	2.8	0	8	2
L5	4	0.1	0	1	0
L4	2	0.1	0	1	0
T. gulosa
Total n	18	3.2	1	9	3
M	3	0.6	0	3	0
F	11	2.2	0	6	1
L5	4	0.8	0	2	0
L4	0	0	0	0	0
Total	585	4.3	1	41	3

F Adult females, L4 fourth-stage larvae, L5 fifth-stage larvae, M adult males
^aTotal number of Thelazia nematodes (in all different stages) recovered from all animals
^bMean, minimum, maximum and median number of nematodes per animal

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