Detection of Babesia caballi and Theileria equi in Blood from Equines from Four Indigenous Communities in Costa Rica

Table 1

Results of the clinical exam of equines () in four indigenous communities in Costa Rica.

Variable	Variable level		%	CI 95%
				LL	UL
Community	Vereh	66	23.2	18.3	28.1
	Paso Marcos	80	28.1	22.9	33.4
	Alto Pacuare	72	25.3	20.3	30.3
	Amubre	67	23.5	18.6	24.3
Age	Young	110	38.6	32.9	44.3
	Adult	145	50.9	45.1	56.7
	ND	30	10.5	7.0	14.1
Body condition	Poor-regular	196	68.8	63.4	74.2
	Good	77	27.0	21.9	32.2
	ND	12	4.2	1.9	6.5
Fur condition	Poor-regular	218	76.5	71.6	81.4
	Good	61	21.4	16.6	26.2
	ND	6	2.1	0.4	3.8
Mucous membranes	Pale-jaundiced	54	18.9	14.4	23.5
	Pink	212	74.4	69.3	79.5
	ND	19	6.7	3.8	9.6
Number of ticks	50	149	52.3	46.5	58.1
	50	134	47.0	41.2	52.8
	ND	2	0.7	−0.3	1.7

ND: no data available; CI 95%: confidence interval 95%; LL: lower limit; UL: upper limit.