Table 1 Occurrence percentages of Sarcocystis infection relative to age and gender of dogs by coprological and PCR analysis
Variables | Coproscopy | PCR on genomic DNA extracted directly from feces | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Examined | Infected (%) | Examined | Infected (%) | Examined | Infected (%) | |
Sex | Male | 66 | 4 (6.06) | 18 | 12 (66.66) | 84 | 16(19.05) |
Female | 34 | 0 (0) | 12 | 4 (33.33) | 46 | 4(8.7) | |
Age |  < 2 years | 38 | 0 (0) | 10 | 2(20) | 48 | 2(4.2) |
 ≥ 2 years | 62 | 4 (6.45) | 20 | 14(70) | 82 | 18(21.95) | |
Total | Â | 100 | 4 (4) | 30 | 16 (53.33) | 100 | 20(20) |
P |  |  < 0.0001 |  | ||||