Sensitivity (SE), Specificity (SP) positivive (PPV) and negative (NPV) predictive values of the coprological test, performed on 208 foxes, 105 dogs and 95 cats for tapeworms, ascarids, whipworms and hookworms were evaluated. The SP values are always very high, whereas SE shows rather low values, for tapeworms especially. PPV values lie between a minimum of 27% for whipworms in fox and a maximum of 100% for tapeworms in all the three host species. The NPV lowest value is 50% for tapeworms in cat, the highest is 100% for hookworms in dog. These parameters were also correlated with prevalence, intensity and abundance
Etude sur la valeurde la coprologie chez les carnivores
MARTINI, MARCO;
1990
Abstract
Sensitivity (SE), Specificity (SP) positivive (PPV) and negative (NPV) predictive values of the coprological test, performed on 208 foxes, 105 dogs and 95 cats for tapeworms, ascarids, whipworms and hookworms were evaluated. The SP values are always very high, whereas SE shows rather low values, for tapeworms especially. PPV values lie between a minimum of 27% for whipworms in fox and a maximum of 100% for tapeworms in all the three host species. The NPV lowest value is 50% for tapeworms in cat, the highest is 100% for hookworms in dog. These parameters were also correlated with prevalence, intensity and abundance
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