The Effect of Season and Meteorological Conditions on Parasite Infection in Farm-Maintained Mouflons (Ovis aries Musimon)

Table 6

The results of the correlation analysis (Spearman’s rank-order test) between the intensity of infection and climatic parameters.

Parasites		Mean temp.	Minimal temp.	Maximal temp.	Precipitation
		value
E. parva	121	0.25	0.24	0.25	0.19
E. bakuensis (syn. E. ovina)	197	0.36	0.33	0.39	0.14
E. crandalis	109	0.36	0.25	0.36	0.27
E. intricata	96	ns	ns	ns	ns
E. ovinoidalis	193	0.20	0.19	0.24	0.16
Total protozoans	322	0.43	0.39	0.45	0.17
Strongyloides sp.	195	ns	ns	ns	ns
Capillaria sp.	90	ns	ns	ns	ns
Trichuris ovis	74	ns	ns	ns	ns
Nematodirus sp.	106	ns	ns	ns	ns
Chabertia ovina	95	ns	ns	-0.21	ns
Trichostrongylidae	215	ns	ns	ns	ns
Total nematodes	316	ns	ns	ns	ns

, , and ; ns: nonsignificant ().