Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasites in the Frugivorous and the Insectivorous Bats in Southcentral Nepal

Table 1

Parasitic species, their concurrency, and prevalence in the frugivorous and insectivorous bats in Southcentral Nepal. Fisher’s exact test (two-tailed) was used to calculate the values by comparing the prevalence rates of different parasitic species or groups between the frugivores and insectivores.

Parasitic infections	Frugivores ()	Insectivores ()	Overall () prevalence ()	values
	Prevalence ()	Prevalence ()
Entamoeba sp.	12 (40%)	9 (30%)	21 (35%)
Eimeria spp.	4 (13.3%)	25 (83.3%)	29 (48.3%)
Isospora sp.	0	5 (16.7%)	5 (8.3%)
Cryptosporidium sp.	0	3 (10%)	3 (5%)
Giardia sp.	0	1 (3.3%)	1 (1.7%)
Total Protozoa	14 (46.7%)	28 (93.3%)	42 (70%)
Ascarid spp.	0	5 (16.7%)	5 (8.3%)
Hymenolepis spp.	6 (20%)	15 (50%)	21 (35%)
Strongyle	0	17 (56.7%)	17 (28.3%)
Oxyurid sp.	0	2 (6.7%)	2 (3.3%)
Strongyloides sp.	0	5 (16.7%)	5 (8.3%
Capillarid sp.	0	1 (3.3%)	1 (1.7%)
Total Helminths	6 (20%)	24 (80%)	30 (50%)
Single infection	14 (46.7%)	4 (13.3%)	18 (30%)
Mixed infection	4 (13.3%)	26 (86.7%)	30 (50%)
Duplet infection	4 (13.3%)	7 (23.3%)	11 (18.3%)
Triplet infection	0	8 (26.7%)	8 (13.3%)
Quadruplet infection	0	9 (30%)	9 (15%)
Pentuplet infection	0	2 (6.7%)	2 (3.3%)