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Table 1 Prevalence at 95% confidence interval (95% CI), mean and median intensity and its range (min-max) of adult and larval respiratory helminths in Pyrenean chamois (17 females and 11 males) from the Freser-Setcases National Game Reserve, northeast Spain

From: The physiological cost of male-biased parasitism in a nearly monomorphic mammal

 

Prevalence (%)

(95% CI)

Mean intensity

Median intensity

Intensity range

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Adult parasites

Protostrongylus rufescens boevi

9.1

(0–26.1)

0

(0–0)

3

0

0

0

0–3

0

Protostrongylus rufescens rufescens

90.9

(73.9–100)

43.8

(19.4–68.1)

62.7

2

12

0

0–241

0–5

Protostrongylus rupicaprae

90.9

(73.9–100)

62.5

(38.8–86.2)

89.3

4.1

36

2

0–343

0–10

Spiculocaulus austriacus

100

(100–100)

31.3

(8.5–54.0)

52.5

2.4

17

0

1–311

0–4

 Total

100

(100–100)

81.3

(62.1–100)

191

5.2

70

4

1–845

0–12

Larval parasites

Muellerius spp.

63.6

(35.2–92.1)

56.3

(31.9–80.6)

303.8

70.4

4

4

0–1669

0–241

Neostrongylus linearis

100

(100–100)

75.0

(53.8–96.2)

128

165.9

23

13

1–594

0–701

Protostrongylus spp.

100

(100–100)

68.8

(46.0–91.5)

1256.4

126.8

107

7

1–10,609

0–650

 Total

100

(100–100)

100

(100–100)

1577.7

157.7

129

49

2–10,994

1–1071