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Table 1 Frequency (%) and intensity of infection (LPG) with Trichinella spp. larvae in animals in B&H

From: Diversity of Trichinella species in carnivores from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hosts

n

npos

%

LPG (min-max)

No. of positive/ investigated localities

Felidae

Wildcat (Felis silvestris)

29

12

41.38ab

6.9 (0.4–25)

6/8

0.1

Eurasian lynx

(Lynx lynx)

1

1

100n/a

0.61

1/1

Cat (Felis catus)

8

0

0.0c

0

0/7

Canidae

Grey wolf (Canis lupus)

36

14

38.89ab

6.9 (0.6–33)

6/11

Red fox

(Vulpes vulpes)

475

73

15.37c

8.8 (0.1–64)

30/58

Dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

21

3

14.29bc

2.4 (0.6–5.5)

2/9

Ursidae

Brown bear

(Ursus arctos)

29

15

51.72a

6.2 (0.8–32)

9/14

Mustelidae

Pine marten (Martes martes)

16

8

50.0a

6.0 (1.1–20,0)

3/7

1.5

Badger

(Meles meles)

6

2

33.33abc

2.7 (1.2–4.2)

2/4

Weasel

(Mustela nivalis)

2

0

0.0np

-

0/2

European polecat (Mustela putorius)

2

0

0.0np

-

0/2

Total

629

128

20.35

n/a

n/a

  1. npos – number of animals infected with larvae of Trichinella spp.; LPG – mean value of the number of larvae of Trichinella spp. in 1 g of musculature (minimum and maximum number of larvae in 1 g); abc – frequency values in the same column that do not contain a common letter mark are significantly different at the p < 0.05 level; n/a – not applicable (when the number of tested samples is n < 5)