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Table 4 Prevalences of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in dogs related to the geographical location of the participating dogs

From: A longitudinal study on the occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in dogs during their first year of life

Geographical region

Eastern Norway

Southern Norway

Western Norway

Mid Norway

Northern Norway

Total

No. dogs/No. samples

116/353

39/129

76/218

26/84

29/91

286a/875

No. Cryptosporidium positive samples (%)

72 (20.4) b

19 (14.7)

30 (13.8)

19 (22.6) c

7 (7.7) b,c

147 (16.8)

No. Cryptosporidium positive dogs (%)

62 (53.5) d,e

14 (35.9)

28 (36.8) d

15 (57.7) f

7 (24.1) e,f

126 (44.1)

No Giardia positive samples (%)

35 (9.9) g

14 (10.9) h

18 (8.3) i

5 (6.0)

1 (1.1) g,h,i

73 (8.3)

No. Giardia positive dogs (%)

28 (24.1) j

11 (28.2)k

15 (19.7)

5 (19.2)

1 (3.5) j,k

60 (21.0)

  1. a Four dogs moved during the study and were excluded from these calculations;
  2. b-k – variables with the same superscript are significantly different from each other