Table 1 Prevalence of Salmonella and oxyurids in the different species of tortoises farmed in southern Italy
From: Survey of co-infection by Salmonellaand oxyurids in tortoises
Tortoise species | No. examined | Salmonellaspp. | Oxyurids | Correlation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  | no. positives | % | 95% CI | no. positives | % | 95% CI | EPG a | Rho =0.499 P = 0.000 |
T. hermanni | 30 | 16 | 53.3 | 34.6 - 71.2 | 25 | 83.3 | 64.5 – 93.7 | 2462 |  |
T. marginata | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 26.1 - 79.6 | 10 | 76.9 | 46.0 – 93.8 | 4735 |  |
T. graeca | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 11.8 - 79.8 | 6 | 85.7 | 42.0 – 99.2 | 3756 |  |
T. horsfieldii | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 100.0 | 19.8 – 95.1 | 664 |  |
G. carbonaria | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | Â |
Total | 53 | 26 | 49.1 | 35.2 - 63.0 | 43 | 81.1 | 67.6 – 90.1 | 2323 |  |