Table 2 Prevalence of enteropathogens from feline fecal specimens based on age
Enteropathogen | Total prevalence, % (n) | Age | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 1 year | 1–7 years | ≥ 8 years | P-value | ||
Feline coronavirus | 29.37 (819) | 31.33 (104) | 29 (643) | 30 (72) | < 0.0001 |
C. perfringens | 23.84 (665) | 19.58 (65) | 23.73 (526) | 30.83 (74) | 0.75 |
C. coli | 14.88 (415) | 17.17 (57) | 15.25 (338) | 8.3 (20) | < .0001 |
Feline parvovirus | 7.49 (209) | 5.72 (19) | 7.76 (172) | 7.5 (18) | 0.28 |
T. foetus | 6.7 (187) | 7.23 (24) | 6.9 (153) | 4.17 (10) | 0.015 |
EPEC | 4.7 (131) | 7.53 (25) | 4.19 (93) | 5.42 (13) | 0.0029 |
Giardia lamblia | 4.52 (126) | 4.82 (16) | 4.83 (107) | 1.25 (3) | 0.0036 |
ETEC | 2.62 (73) | 3.31 (11) | 2.21 (49) | 5.42 (13) | 0.06 |
C. jejuni | 1.76 (49) | 2.11 (7) | 1.71 (38) | 1.67 (4) | 0.54 |
EHEC | 1 (28) | 0 (0) | 1.08 (24) | 1.67 (4) | 0.19 |
Group A Rotavirus | 0.79 (22) | 0 (0) | 0.9 (20) | 0.84 (2) | 0.24 |
C. parvum | 0.75 (21) | 0.3 (1) | 0.81 (18) | 0.84 (2) | 0.6 |
C. cayetanensis | 0.68 (19) | 0.3 (1) | 0.72 (16) | 0.84 (2) | 0.75 |
EIEC | 0.36 (10) | 0 (0) | 0.32 (7) | 1.25 (3) | 0.12 |
Salmonella spp. | 0.25 (7) | 0.3 (1) | 0.27 (6) | 0 (0) | 0.62 |
E. histolytica | 0.11 (3) | 0 (0) | 0.13 (3) | 0 (0) | 0.66 |
Toxocara cati | 0.07 (2) | 0.3 (1) | 0.05 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.18 |
Toxoplasma gondii | 0.07 (2) | 0 (0) | 0.09 (2) | 0 (0) | 0.76 |
FIV | 0.04 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.05 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.88 |
Total | 100 (2789) | 100 (332) | 100 (2217) | 100 (240) | |