Prevalence and Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasites in Cats from China

Table 1

Prevalence and confidence interval of intestinal parasites in 360 cat feces from China.

Parasites	Beijing	Henan	Total
	Number of positive results	Number of positive results	Number of positive results
	Prevalence %	Prevalence %	Prevalence %
	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)
Toxocara cati	1	63	64
	1.64	21.07	17.78
	(0.01–9.55)	(16.82–26.06)	(14.16–22.08)
Isospora felis	3	58	61
	4.92	19.40	16.94
	(1.14–14.03)	(15.30–24.27)	(13.41–21.18)
Isospora rivolta	1	40	41
	1.64	13.38	11.39
	(0.01–9.55)	(9.95–17.73)	(8.48–15.11)
Hookworms	1	22	23
	1.64	7.36	6.39
	(0.01–9.55)	(4.86–10.94)	(4.25–9.44)
Paragonimus	0	33	33
	—	11.04	9.17
	—	(7.93–15.13)	(6.57–12.62)
Trematode	1	0	1
	1.64	—	0.28
	(0.01–9.55)	—	(<0.01–1.72)
Trichuris	0	10	10
	—	3.34	2.78
	—	(1.75–6.13)	(1.45–5.11)
Toxoplasma-like	0	11	11
	—	3.68	3.06
	—	(1.99–6.54)	(1.65–5.45)
Lungworm	0	4	4
	—	1.34	1.11
	—	(0.40–3.51)	(0.33–2.93)
Sarcocystis	0	2	2
	—	0.67	0.56
	—	(0.02–2.57)	(0.02–2.14)
Overall prevalence	4/61	145/299	149
	6.56	48.49	41.39
	(2.12–16.14)	(42.89–54.14)	(6.42–46.54)