Canine Filariosis in Sardinia: Epidemiological Findings in the Ogliastra Region

 

Males (129)

Females (113)

n (%)

n (%)

A. reconditum

42 (32.6)

26 (23.0)

D. immitis

16 (12.4)

12 (10.6)

D. repens

16 (12.4)

11 (9.7)



No significant differences were found for the prevalence of Filariidae species in either sex (χ2 = 1.804; P = 0.179), although there was a slight tendency to significance for A. reconditum, where higher prevalence was found in females (χ2 = 2.72; P = 0.099) with OR values of 1.62 (0.88 < OR < 2.98).

Prevalence of microfilaremia stratified by host age is shown in Table 14.2.


Table 14.2
Microfilaremia prevalence in dogs stratified by age







































































Classes of age
Number examined
Microfilariae +

n (%)
D. immitis +

n (%)
D. repens +

n (%)
A. reconditum

+ n (%)

<1 year
6
2 (33.3 %)
0
0
2 (33.3 %)

1 year
38
9 (23.7 %)
4 (10.5 %)
4 (10.5 %)
9 (23.7 %)

2 years
61
18 (29.5 %)
9 (14.8 %)
7 (11.5 %)
16 (26.2 %)

3–5 years
87
31 (35.6 %)
8 (9.2 %)
10 (11.5 %)
24 (27.6 %)

6–10 years
42
15 (35.7 %)
6 (14.3 %)
6 (14.3 %)
13 (31 %)

>10 years
8
4 (50 %)
1 (12.5 %)
0
4 (50 %)

χ2 trend
/
5.768
0.121
1.388
1.725

Level of significance
/
P = 0.016

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