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Table 2 Specific composition of parasites between sampling periods

From: Temporal-spatial patterns of intestinal parasites of the Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) wintering in lakes of the middle and lower Yangtze River floodplain

Taxon

Number of infected samples

Test statistics

Early wintering

Late wintering

χ 2

p a

( N   =  404)

( N   =  417)

Protozoan

174

262

32.174

0.000*

Nematode

32

55

6.012

0.014*

Trematode

20

19

0.070

0.791

Cestode

3

0

-

0.119b

  1. aDifference in prevalence of parasite fauna of two sampling periods using Pearson's chi-square test.
  2. bAnalyzed with Fisher’s exact test.
  3. *p < 0.05.
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