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Table 1 Occurrence of Cryptosporidium andersoni, Cryptosporidium bovis, Cryptosporidium ryanae and Giardia duodenalis in faecal samples from calves

From: Molecular investigation of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in pre- and post-weaned calves in Hubei Province, China

Farm

No. of samples tested

No. of samples test-positive for Cryptosporidium spp. (%)

Cryptosporidium species

No. of samples test-positive for Giardia duodenalis (%)

C. andersoni (%)

C. bovis (%)

C. ryanae (%)

Suizhou (beef farm)

30

1 (3.3)

0

0

1 (3.3)

7 (23.3)

Chezhan (dairy farm)

20

5 (25.0)

0

1 (5.0)

4 (20.0)

12 (60.0)

Guangming (dairy farm)

156

21 (13.4)

0

17 (10.9)

4 (2.6)

31 (19.9)

Meijiadun (dairy farm)

16

5 (31.2)

0

5 (31.3)

0

3 (18.8)

Qiaoner (dairy farm)

24

8 (33.3)

1 (4.2)

4 (16.7)

3 (12.5)

15 (57.7)

Yanzijiang (dairy farm)

93

13 (14.0)

1 (1.1)

10 (10.8)

2 (2.2)

9 (9.7)

Total

339

53 (15.6)

2 (0.6)

37 (10.9)

14 (4.1)

77 (22.6)