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Table 1 Summary of parasitic infections in study pigs

From: The spatial ecology of free-ranging domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) in western Kenya

Pig ID

Ectoparasite infection (lice and adult ticks in all)

Taenia SoliumCysticercosis

Gastrointestinal parasites

EPG

Total parasite spectrum*

1

 

Strongyles,

3,600

4

Coccidia,

50

Ascaris spp.

13,900

2

 

Strongyloides spp.

24

4

Strongyles,

2,400

Ascaris spp.

700

3

  

2

4

Strongyles

1,600

4

Ascaris spp.

2,050

5

 

Strongyloides spp.

50

4

Strongyles,

48

Ascaris spp.

3,300

6

   

1

7

 

Stongyles,

100

3

Coccidia

250

8

 

Trichruis spp.

100

3

Ascaris spp.

5,650

9

 

Strongyles

750

4

Trichuris spp.

200

Ascaris spp.

400

10

Strongyloides spp.,

750

6

Strongyles,

350

Coccidia,

9,200

Ascaris spp

1,100

% pigs infected

100%

30%

80%

  
  1. *Total parasite spectrum is defined as the total number of parasite species infesting each pig.