Table 3 Prevalence rate of ectoparasites infestation based on season, sex and age
Parasite recovered | Season | Sex | Age | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dry | Rainy | S | Male | Female | S | Juvenile | Adult | S | |
N | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | |||
Ticks | |||||||||
Amblyomma spp. | 17 (21.5) | 18 (28.1) | 0.361 | 15 (21.4) | 20 (27.4) | 0.407 | 16 (23.5) | 19 (25.3) | 0.8 |
Boophilus decoloratus | 4 (5.1) | 5 (7.8) | 0.501 | 4 (5.7) | 5 (6.8) | 0.78 | 2 (2.9) | 7 (9.3) | 0.11 |
Dermacentor variabilis | 3 (3.8) | 4 (6.2) | 0.499 | 4 (5.7) | 3 (4.1) | 0.65 | 1 (1.5) | 6 (8.0) | 0.07* |
Ixodes holocyclus | 8 (10.1) | 8 (12.5) | 0.654 | 12 (17.1) | 4 (5.5) | 0.02* | 8 (11.8) | 8 (10.7) | 0.83 |
Rhipicephalus spp. | 7 (8.9) | 6 (9.4) | 0.915 | 8 (11.4) | 5 (6.8) | 0.34 | 1 (1.5) | 12 (16.0) | 0.03* |
Fleas | |||||||||
Xenopsylla cheopis | 6 (7.6) | 5 (7.8) | 0.961 | 6 (7.6) | 5 (7.8) | 0.961 | 4 (5.9) | 7 (9.3) | 0.43 |
Spilopsyllus cuniculi | 4 (5.1) | 3 (4.7) | 0.918 | 3 (4.3) | 4 (5.5) | 0.741 | 0 (0) | 7 (9.3) | 0.01* |
Lice | |||||||||
Polyplax spinulosa | 8 (10.1) | 12 (18.8) | 0.139 | 8 (11.4) | 12 (16.4) | 0.38 | 6 (8.8) | 14 (18.7) | 0.09* |
Bovicola spp. | 9 (11.4) | 8 (12.7) | 0.812 | 10 (14.3) | 7 (9.7) | 0.402 | 5 (7.5) | 12 (16.0) | 0.11 |
Goniocotes spp. | 9 (11.4 | 12 (18.8) | 0.299 | 5 (7.1) | 3 (4.1) | 0.43 | 3 (4.4) | 5 (6.7) | 0.55 |
Mites | |||||||||
Dermanyssus gallinae | 3 (3.8) | 2 (3.1) | 0.828 | 4 (5.7) | 1 (3.5) | 0.15 | 2 (2.9) | 3 (4.0) | 0.73 |