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Table 1 Examined faecal samples of tortoises and origin of sender (total n = 1005)

From: Occurrence of health-compromising protozoan and helminth infections in tortoises kept as pet animals in Germany

Tortoise species

Common name

No. examined

Origin (private/vet/zoo)

Testudo hermanni

Hermann’s tortoise

597

491/105/1

Unkown species

–

169

143/26/0

T. graeca

Common tortoise

65

42/21/2

T. horsfieldii

Horsefield’s tortoise

61

38/23/0

T. marginata

Marginated tortoise

50

43/7/0

Stigmochelys pardalis

Leopard tortoise

11

6/4/1

Centrochelys sulcata

African spurred tortoise

10

8/1/1

Geochelone elegans

Indian star tortoise

10

8/2/0

Chelonoidis carbonaria

Red-footed tortoise

7

4/1/2

Aldabrachelys gigantea

Aldabra giant tortoise

5

3/1/1

T. kleinmanni

Egyptian tortoise

4

3/0/1

Malachoserus tornieri

Pancake tortoise

4

1/1/2

Geochelone platynota

Burmese star tortoise

3

0/0/3

Astrochelys radiata

Radiated tortoise

3

1/1/1

Indotestudo elongata

Elongated tortoise

2

2/0/0

Pyxis arachnoides

Spider tortoise

2

2/0/0

Kinixys bellinia

Bell’s Hinge-backed tortoise

1

1/0/0

Manouria impressa

Impressed tortoise

1

1/0/0

Chersina angulata

Angulate toroise

1

1/0/0