Endoparasites in household and shelter dogs from Central Italy

Peer review under responsibility of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University.

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Relative frequencies (%) of shelter (SD) and household (HD) dogs with the number of parasite taxa.

Table 1 Prevalence (%) of endoparasites in shelter (SD) and household (HD) dogs from Lazio Region, Central Italy.

Parasite	Prevalence (%)			χ^2 P value	OR^* (95% CI)
	SD N = 1619	HD N = 1156	Overall N = 2775
Trichuris vulpis	13.6	4.8	9.9	<0.0001	3.15 (2.32–4.27)
Ancylostomatidae	12.4	5.8	9.6	<0.0001	2.29 (1.72–3.06)
Giardia duodenalis	6.4	7.8	7.0	0.166
Toxocara canis	5.0	9.3	6.8	<0.0001	0.51 (0.38–0.69)
Cystoisospora sp.	2.7	5.3	3.7	<0.0001	0.49 (0.33–0.73)
Eucoleus böhmi	2.9	0.1	1.7	<0.0001	0.03 (0.01–0.21)
Toxascaris leonina	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.238
Eucoleus aerophilus	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.557
Mesocestoides sp.	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.072
Taeniidae	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.072
Dipylidium caninum	0.1	0.1	0.1	1
Any parasite	35.3	28.4	32.4	<0.0001	1.38 (1.17–1.62)

* OR (Odds Ratio): (baseline = “household”).