Table 2 Estimation of Giardia duodenalis prevalence in cattle and buffalo
Giardia prevalence in percent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Number of samples: positive/total) | |||||
(95% confidence interval) | |||||
Copro-antigen test (RIDA®QUICK) | Real time PCR assayb | ||||
Age group | All | Cattle | Buffalo | 10% of quick test negative samples | Total estimated prevalence |
1d-1 m | 9 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 57 |
(22/244) | (17/183) | (5/61) | (12/23) | (138/244) | |
(5.9–13.1) | (5.7–14.2) | (3.1–17.2) | (32.1–71.7) | (50.3–62.7) | |
>1-3 m | 5 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 55 |
(5/103) | (4/79) | (1/24) | (8/15) | (57/103) | |
(1.8–10.4) | (1.6–11.8) | (0.2–18.9) | (28.7–76.8) | (45.7–64.7) | |
>4-6 m | 6 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 50 |
(9/149) | (8/107) | (1/42) | (6/13) | (74/149) | |
(2.9–10.8) | (3.5–13.7) | (0.11–11.2) | (21.3–72.6) | (41.7–57.7) | |
>6 m | 4 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 50 |
(14/308) | (11/224) | (3/84) | (12/25) | (155/308) | |
(2.6–7.3) | (2.6–8.4) | (0.9–9.4) | (29.2–67.3) | (44.8–55.9) | |
Total | 6 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 53 |
(50/804) | (40/593) | (10/211) | (38/76) | (424/804) | |
(4.7–8.1) | (4.9–8.9) | (2.4–8.3) | (38.9–61.1) | (49.3–56.2) | |