Table 1 Kidney Fat Index (KFI) values in healthy and Sarcoptes scabiei-infestated female and male ibexes from Sierra Nevada Natural Space (SNNS)
From: Sex-biased severity of sarcoptic mange at the same biological cost in a sexually dimorphic ungulate
Mange category | Females | Males | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Mean ± SD | Range | n | Mean ± SD | Range | n | Female | Male | |
Healthy | 113 (25.7 %) | 33.81 ± 2.52 | 0.56–72.91 | 278 (44.0 %) | 24.35 ± 1.91 | 1.61–70.54 | 391 (36.5 %) | 28.9 % | 71.1 % |
Mildly infested | 194 (44.2 %) | 17.01 ± 0.91 | 1.81–48.91 | 161 (25.5 %) | 13.33 ± 0.69 | 1.71–58.67 | 355 (33.1 %) | 54.6 % | 45.4 % |
Severely infested | 132 (30.1 %) | 9.12 ± 0.58 | 1.14–37.06 | 193 (30.5 %) | 8.37 ± 0.63 | 1.35–44.64 | 325 (30.3 %) | 40.6 % | 59.4 % |
TOTAL | 439 | 632 | 1071 | ||||||