Prevalence and Intensity of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Donkeys in Selected Abattoirs in Kenya

Table 4

Relative prevalence of the various helminth species according to sex and body condition scores (BCS) and their respective values.

Helminth species	Males (n = 168), %	Females (n = 114), %	value-sex	Moderate BCS (n = 32), %	Poor BCS (n = 250), %	value-BCS
Parascaris equorum	19.6	21.1	0.765	15.6	20.8	0.642
Setaria equina	2.4	5.3	0.21	3.1	3.6	1.000
Strongylus edentatus	9.5	15.8	0.136	12.5	12	1.000
Strongylus vulgaris	48.2	59.6	0.069	34.4	55.2	0.037
Strongylus equinus	0.6	0.0	1.000	0	0.4	1.000
Cylicocyclus auriculatus	3.0	0.9	0.407	3.1	2	0.518
Cyathostomum spp.	3.0	0.0	0.073	0	2	1.000
Anaplocephala magna	3.6	0.9	0.248	3.1	2.4	0.574
Anaplocephala perfoliata	8.9	12.3	0.426	6.2	10.8	0.551
Triodontophorus serratus	0.6	0.0	1.000	0	0.4	1.000

Statistically significant.