Parasitic fauna of domestic cavies in the western highlands of Cameroon (Central Africa)

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Table 1 Gastrointestinal parasites and ectoparasites in domestic cavy farms in the Menoua division, Cameroon

Species	Number of farms examined	Number of farms positive	Percentage (%)	95%CI^a
Graphidium strigosum	62	5	8.1	2.7–17.8
Trichostrongylus sp.	62	2	3.2	0.4–11.2
Paraspidodera uncinata	62	2	3.2	0.4–11.2
Overall helminthes	62	8^c	12.9	5.7–23.9
Cordylobia anthropophaga	62	16	25.8	15.5–38.5
Pulex sp.	61^b	4	6.6	1.8–15.9
Overall arthropods	62	19^d	30.6	19.6–43.7
Overall infection	62	25	40.3	28.1–53.6

a: Confidence interval; b: Data on Pulex sp. was missing on one farm; c: One farm was co-infected with G strigosum and Trichostrongylus sp.; d: One farm was co-infected with C. anthropophaga and Pulex sp

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