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Table 4 Descriptive statistics for endoparasite infections and low body condition. Cross-tabulation of body condition and endoparasite infections of unowned unsocialised domestic cats in 2019 in Denmark

From: Assessing welfare risks in unowned unsocialised domestic cats in Denmark based on associations with low body condition score

Variables

Count categorya

Body condition score

Normal-high

Low

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus first stage larvae

[0,1)

166 (92.2%)

14 (7.8%)

[1,55000)

28 (75.7%)

9 (24.3%)

 

Missing

336 (88.2%)

45 (11.8%)

Eucoleus aerophilus eggs

[0,1)

206 (91.2%)

20 (8.8%)

 

[1,461)

20 (83.3%)

4 (16.7%)

 

Missing

304 (87.4%)

44 (12.6%)

Eucoleus aerophilus worms

[0,1)

177 (89.4%)

21 (10.6%)

 

[1,7)

17 (89.5%)

2 (10.5%)

 

Missing

336 (88.2%)

45 (11.8%)

Hydatigera taeniaeformis worms

[0,1)

135 (90.6%)

14 (9.4%)

 

[1,38)

91 (90.1%)

10 (9.9%)

 

Missing

304 (87.4%)

44 (12.6%)

Mesocestoides lineatus worms

[0,1)

217 (90.0%)

24 (10.0%)

 

[1,51)

9 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 

Missing

304 (87.4%)

44 (12.6%)

Toxocara cati eggs

[0,1)

50 (90.9%)

5 (9.1%)

 

[1,1000)

54 (87.1%)

8 (12.9%)

 

[1000,3000)

59 (89.4%)

7 (10.6%)

 

[3000,27300)

63 (94.0%)

4 (6.0%)

 

Missing

304 (87.4%)

44 (12.6%)

T. cati adult worms

[0,3]

83 (90.2%)

9 (9.8%)

 

(3,11]

70 (88.6%)

9 (11.4%)

 

(11,122]

73 (92.4%)

6 (7.6%)

 

Missing

304 (87.4%)

44 (12.6%)

T. cati juvenile worms

[0,1)

118 (90.8%)

12 (9.2%)

 

[1,10)

90 (92.8%)

7 (7.2%)

 

[10,100)

18 (78.3%)

5 (21.7%)

 

Missing

304 (87.4%)

44 (12.6%)

T. cati worms, total

[0,1)

23 (85.2%)

4 (14.8%)

 

[1,10)

102 (92.7%)

8 (7.3%)

 

[10,20)

39 (88.6%)

5 (11.4%)

 

[20,131)

62 (89.9%)

7 (10.1%)

 

Missing

304 (87.4%)

44 (12.6%)

Giardia duodenalis cysts

[0,1)

32 (84.2%)

6 (15.8%)

 

[1,843)

8 (80.0%)

2 (20.0%)

 

Missing

490 (89.1%)

60 (10.9%)

Toxoplasma gondii DNA

Negative

220 (87.3%)

32 (12.7%)

 

Positive

236 (91.1%)

23 (8.9%)

 

Missing

74 (85.1%)

13 (14.9%)

  1. aCategories based on counts, i.e. the first category includes 0 only, while others give the range of the counts observed, e.g. [1,55000] refers to a range of 1 to 55,000