Prevalence of Pentatrichomonas hominis and Tritrichomonas foetus in dogs and cats in Nanchang City, China

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Table 2

Distribution of T. foetus and P. hominis of dogs.

Factor		T. foetus			P. hominis
		No. Tested	No. positive (%) [95%CI]	OR (95%Cl)	p-value	No. positive (%) [95%CI]	OR (95%Cl)	p-value
Sex	Male	114	7 (6.14) [1.73–10.55]	1	0.60	24 (21.05) [13.57–28.54]	1	0.73
	Female	100	8 (8.00) [2.68–13.32]	1.33 (0.46–3.81)		23 (23.00) [14.75–31.25]	1.12 (0.59–2.14)
Age	≤1 years	115	7 (6.09) [1.72–10.46]	1	0.57	29 (25.22) [17.28–33.15]	1.52 (0.78–2.94)	0.22
	>1 years	99	8 (8.08) [2.71–13.45]	1.35 (0.47–3.88)		18 (18.18) [10.58–25.78]	1
Breed	Crossbred	49	8 (16.33) [5.98–26.68]	4.40 (1.51–12.85)	< 0.01	5 (10.20) [1.73–18.68]	1	0.24
	Purebred	165	7 (4.24) [1.17–7.32]	1		42 (25.45) [18.81–32.10]	3.01 (1.12–8.08)
Diarrhea situation	Signs	47	7 (14.89) [4.72–25.07]	2.69 (0.92–7.89)	0.06	13 (27.66) [14.87–40.45]	1.41 (0.66–3.02)	0.38
	No signs	131	8 (6.11) [2.01–10.21]	1		28 (21.37) [14.35–28.39]	1
Season	Spring	7	0 (0.00)	–	< 0.01	2 (28.57) [0–62.04]	2.00 (0.33–12.18）	0.74
	Summer	48	9 (18.75) [7.71–29.79]	13.27 (2.75–64.08)		8 (16.67) [6.12–27.21]	1
	Autumn	117	2 (1.71) [0.00–4.06]	1		28 (23.93) [16.20–31.66]	1.57 (0.66–3.75)
	Winter	42	4 (9.52) [0.65–18.40]	6.05 (1.07–34.37)		9 (21.43) [9.02–33.84]	1.36 (0.47–3.93)
Sampling site	Pet hospital	131	15 (11.45) [6.00–16.90]	5.04 (1.12–22.67)	< 0.01	21 (16.03) [9.75–22.31]	1	0.03
	Police dog base	83	0 (0.00)	–		26(31.33) [21.35–41.30]	2.39 (1.24–4.61)
	Street dog	80	2 (2.50) [0.00–5.92]	1		19 (23.75) [14.42–33.08]	1.63 (0.81–3.27)

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