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Table 2 Sex and age distribution

From: Carrion crows (Corvus corone) of southwest Germany: important hosts for haemosporidian parasites

 

Leucocytozoon spp. prevalence % (n)

Plasmodium spp. prevalence n (%)

Haemoproteus spp. prevalence n (%)

Sex

 Male (n = 42)

78.6 (33)

31 (13)

7.1 (3)

 Female (n = 49)

89.8 (44)

28.6 (14)

8.2 (4)

Age class

 <2 year (n = 31)

87.1 (27)

25.8 (8)

6.5 (2)

 2nd-yearold (n = 33)

78.8 (26)

27.3 (9)

9.1 (3)

 >2 year (n = 31)

90.3 (28)

35.5 (11)

6.5 (2)

  1. Distribution of carrion crows tested positive by PCR for haemosporidian parasites in southwest Germany (collected in 2016)