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Table 3 Summary data concerning anaemia, thrombocytopenia, B. vogeli, A. platys, haemotropic mycoplasmas and co-infections in the two different areas tested, as well as P values for the two sample binomial t-tests comparing the two cohorts

From: Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases of dogs in North-west New South Wales and the Northern Territory, Australia

Aboriginal Community

Haematology

PCR

 

Anaemia

Thrombocytopenia

Anaemia and thrombocytopenia

Babesia vogeli

Anaplasma platys

Haemotropic mycoplasmas

Co-infectionsa

NT (n = 51)

13 (26%)

14 (27%)

9 (18%)

5 (10%)

24 (47%)

12 (24%)

7 (14%)

NW-NSW (n = 45)

0

1 (2%)

0

2 (4%)

2 (4%)

10 (22%)

1 (2%)

Total

13

15

9

7

26

22

8

P value

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.003

0.314

< 0.001

0.879

0.042

  1. aThe co-infections for the 7 NT dogs consisted of A. platys and B. vogeli (2 dogs), A. platys and B. vogeli and Mycoplasma haemocanis (1 dog), A. platys and Candidatus M. haematoparvum (2 dogs), A. platys and M. haemocanis (2 dogs). The co-infections in the 1 NW-NSW dogs consisted of A. platys and B. vogeli