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Table 4 Information available for samples from ongoing, historical or planned investigations on Echinococcus multilocularis as reported by questionnaire respondents

From: Harmonizing methods for wildlife abundance estimation and pathogen detection in Europe—a questionnaire survey on three selected host-pathogen combinations

 

Ongoing (n = 8)

Historical/finished (n = 11)

Planned (n = 5)

Age classa

7

7

3

Sex

8

7

3

Collection date

8

9

3

Location

8

9

3

Cause of deathb

3

5

2

Results of intestinal scraping technique

2

5

0

Results of sedimentation and counting technique

2

4

0

Results of PCR

4

6

2

Results of other investigations

1

4

1

Otherc

1

2

0

  1. aAge categorization, e.g. juvenile, adult
  2. bType of carcass, e.g. found dead, shot sick, road traffic accident, regular hunting
  3. cadditional intestinal parasites, reproduction status, body condition and size estimates