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Table 5 Percentages of the different livestock which tested positive for Cryptosporidium at each time point (total numbers tested in brackets)

From: Prevalence, species identification and genotyping Cryptosporidium from livestock and deer in a catchment in the Cairngorms with a history of a contaminated public water supply

Sampling period

Cattle

Calves

Sheep

Lambs

Mean of all livestock

1

91 (n = 11)

33 (n = 27)

26 (n = 27)

n = 0

50 (n = 66)

2

80 (n = 15)

90 (n = 30)

31 (n = 16)

86 (n = 14)

73 (n = 79)

3

50 (n = 4)

n = 0

50 (n = 4)

67 (n = 9)

58 (n = 13)