Toxoplasma gondii in domiciled dogs and cats in urban areas of Brazil: risk factors and spatial distribution

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Table 2

Univariable analysis (p ≤ 0.20) of the associated factors with T. gondii infection in domestic dogs and cats treated at Municipal Institute of Veterinary Medicine Jorge Vaitsman from August 2017 to January 2020.

Variables	Dogs			Cats
Variables	N	Positive (%)	p-value	N	Positive (%)	p-value
Sex
Females	231	32.0	0.388^a	157	5.7	0.096^a,^*
Males	169	36.7		115	11.3
Age
≤12 months^c	70	24.3		94	5.3
13–36 months	63	46.0	0.008^a,^*	60	5.0	1^b
≥37 months	229	31.9	0.226^b	78	9.0	0.382^b
Breed
Defined	191	25.1	0.001^a,^*	24	8.3	1^b
Undefined	197	42.1		243	7.8
Street access
Yes	240	32.1	0.856^a	80	12.5	0.062^a,^*
No	134	33.6		175	5.7
Contact with cats
Yes	93	38.7	0.283^a	240	8.3	1^b
No	294	32.0		3	0.0
Presence of rodents
Yes	109	32.1	0.838^a	61	11.5	0.224^a
No	236	33.9		181	6.6
Type of food
Dry food	367	33.2	0.308^a	255	7.4	1^b
Wet food	77	42.9	0.087^b,^*	114	8.8	0.460^a
Meat and embedded	113	35.4	0.786^a	46	13.0	0.108^a,^*
Homemade food	179	36.9	0.306^a	36	22.2	0.0003^a,^*
Offal	43	53.5	0.007^b,^*	17	23.5	0.028^b,^*
Others	44	31.8	0.884^b	4	0.0	1^b
Water source
Tap water	214	36.4	0.236^a	149	8.7	0.391^a
Filtered water	182	29.7	0.139^a,^*	121	6.6	0.592^a
Other sources	2	100	0.113^b,^*	2	0.0	1^b

X² test.

Fischer Exact test.

Reference category.

Selected for multivariate analysis.

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