†only premises with positive S. vulgaris horses
during the past 24 months, ‡only premises with
separate summer/winter paddocks
Figure Legends
Figure 1. Map depicting the included establishments’ geographical
location in Sweden. Made with Natural Earth vector data.
Figure 2. Anthelmintic routines (i.e. routine treatment, treatment based
on veterinary advice and/or positive faecal samples or no unified
consensus/unknown treatment routine) used by premises using regular
diagnostics for S. vulgaris (n=717) and premises not usingS. vulgaris diagnostics (n=378).
Figure 3. Odds ratio of the four variables significantly associated withS. vulgaris infection based on 717 responses. For question
regarding anthelmintic treatment of new horses, the response “never”,
answered by 58 responders, was set as the reference value. Significant
response alternatives for each variable are depicted in blue and the
response used as a reference in grey.
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