Table 1 Number of individual chamois (Rupicapra r. rupicapra and Rupicapra p. ornata) investigated and test-positive to Giardia duodenalis by microscopy, qPCR and end-point PCR analysis
Collection sites | Species | Animal number | Giardia duodenalis | Assemblage/Sub-assemblage | No. of CPG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microscopy | qPCR | PCR | |||||
ALPS | Rupicapra r. rupicapra | 1–3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
4 | + | + | + | A | 382 | ||
5–25 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
26 | + | + | + | E | 326 | ||
27–31 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
32 | + | + | + | E | 587 | ||
33–54 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
55 | + | + | + | A | 263 | ||
56–70 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
71 | + | + | + | A/AI | 31,800 | ||
72–92 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
93 | + | + | + | E | 11,200 | ||
94–103 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
APENNINES | Rupicapra p. ornata | 1–9 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
10 | + | + | + | A/AIII | 618 | ||
10–54 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||