Research Article
Prevalence of Staphylococcus Species Colonization in Healthy and Sick Cats
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the investigated cats.
| | Category | Number of investigated households | Number of cats | Sex | Breed | Age | Female (%) | Male (%) | Crossbreed (%) | Breed (%) | ≤6 (month) | 7–36 (month) | ≥37 (month) | % | x− | σ | % | x− | σ | % | x− | σ |
| Healthy cats | Multiple feline | 101 | 150 | 48.00 | 52.00 | 72.00 | 28.00 | 8.00 | 4.67 | 1.61 | 47.33 | 18.65 | 9.07 | 44.67 | 82.03 | 39.35 | Single feline | 116 | 116 | 54.31 | 45.69 | 60.34 | 39.66 | 10.34 | 5.08 | 1.31 | 62.07 | 17.54 | 9.30 | 27,59 | 95.03 | 43.44 | Purebreed cats | 18 | 182 | 60.99 | 39.01 | - | 100 | 24.18 | 2.91 | 1.12 | 64.84 | 22.35 | 9.70 | 10.99 | 70.91 | 28.05 | Feral cats | - | 72 | 69.4 | 30.6 | 100 | - | 5.56 | 5.75 | 0.5 | 91.67 | 16.12 | 843 | 27.78 | 48.00 | 0 |
| Sick cats | Multiple feline | 13 | 30 | 46.67 | 53.33 | 86.67 | 13.33 | 46.67 | 4.43 | 1.50 | 33.33 | 29.80 | 7.33 | 20.00 | 73.33 | 35.14 | Single feline | 17 | 17 | 52.94 | 47.06 | 58.82 | 41.18 | 35.29 | 2.33 | 1.86 | 52.94 | 16.44 | 7.72 | 11.76 | 60.00 | 0 | Purebreed cats | 2 | 20 | 65.00 | 35.00 | - | 100 | 70.00 | 3.55 | 1.21 | 25.00 | 24.8 | 9.01 | 5.00 | 48 | 0 |
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x: arithmetic mean. Σ: standard deviation.
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