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Table 1 Occurrence of Blastocystis sp. and P. hominis in sheeps and goats in China by age

From: Occurrence of Blastocystis sp. and Pentatrichomonas hominis in sheep and goats in China

Host

Age (months)

No. of specimens

Blastocystis sp.

P. hominis

 

No. of positives (%)

Subtypes (n)

No. of positives (%)

Genotype

Sheep

<  6

156

10 (6.4)

ST5(3), ST10(4), novel sequence 1 (3)

0 (0)

–

6–12

236

13 (5.5)

novel sequence 4 (2), ST10 (1), ST14 (10)

0 (0)

–

>12

440

27 (6.1)

ST5 (5), ST10(20), novel sequence 2 (1), novel sequence 3 (1)

0 (0)

–

Goat

<  6

128

0 (0)

–

1 (0.8)

CC1

6–12

247

0 (0)

–

0 (0)

–

>12

406

2 (0.5)

ST1(2)

1 (0.2)

CC1