Endoparasite Infections in Pet and Zoo Birds in Italy
Table 3
Number of positive samples, prevalence, and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of intestinal parasites in pet and zoo birds.
Parasites
Pet birds ()
Zoo birds ()
Total ()
No. positive
Prevalence
95% CI
No. positive
Prevalence
95% CI
No. positive
Prevalence
95% CI
Strongyles-Capillarids
0
—
—
13
15.7%
7.8–23.5%
13
8.9%
4.3–13.6%
Ascaridia
10
15.9%
6.8–24.9%
0
—
—
10
6.8%
2.7–10.9%
Strongyles
1
1.6%
0–4.7%
7
8.4%
2.5–14.4%
8
5.5%
1.8–9.2%
G. duodenalis Ass* A#
1
4.3%
0–12.7%
3
5.7%
0–12.1%
4
5.3%
0.2–5.4%
Coccidia
4
6.3%
0.3–12.4%
2
2.4%
0–5.7%
6
4.1%
0.9–7.3%
Cryptosporidium #
0
—
—
3
5.7%
0–12.1%#
3
4%
0–8.4%
Porrocaecum
0
—
—
4
4.8%
0.2–9.4%
4
2.7%
0.1–5.4%
Porrocaecum-Capillarids
0
—
—
3
3.6%
0–7.6%
3
2%
0–4.4%
Syngamus-Capillarids
1
1.6%
0–4.7%
0
—
—
1
0.7%
0–2%
Total
17
27%
16–37.9%
35
42.2%
31.5–62.8%
52
35.6%
27.8–43.4%
Assemblage #Values for G. duodenalis and Cryptosporidium were calculated based on analysis of samples from 23 pet birds, 52 zoo birds, and a total number of 75 birds.