Table 2 Prevalence of intestinal parasites (%) in fecal samples from shelter dogs and cats from different regions of Canada

n

101

81

622

285

228

175

135

95

Toxocara canis

9.9

n/a

12.2

n/a

11.8

n/a

18.5

n/a

Toxocara cati

n/a

23.5

n/a

18.6

n/a

13.7

n/a

9.5

Toxascaris leonina

0.0^a

n/a

1.6^b,c

n/a

6.6^a,b

n/a

5.9^c

n/a

Ancylostoma caninum

3.0

n/a

4.0

n/a

1.8

n/a

1.5

n/a

Uncinaria stenocephala

3.0

n/a

2.9

n/a

4.4

n/a

0.7

n/a

Ancylostoma tubaeforme

n/a

0.0

n/a

4.6^d

n/a

0.0^d

n/a

0.0

Taeniid

0.0

7.4

1.4

3.3

3.1

6.3

0.7

2.1

Trichuris vulpis

4.0

n/a

6.1^e

n/a

0.9^e

n/a

3.0

n/a

Capillarid eggs

1.0

3.7

0.6

2.8

0.4

1.7

1.5

2.1

Cystoisospora

8.9

7.4

8.7

19.3

12.3

10.3

16.3

10.5

Giardia

3.0

0.0

3.9

2.1

3.5

1.7

2.2

0.0

Cryptosporidium

5.0

0.0

3.4

0.4

2.2

2.9

1.5

2.1

Sarcocystis

4.0

0.0

2.3^f

0.0

11.8^f,g

0.0

3.0^f

1.1

All parasitesⁱ

31.7

32.1

32.8

36.8^h

38.2

29.1

33.3

21.1^h