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Table 2 Animal samples collected from various hosts from four different zoos in Sichuan Province, southwestern China

From: First identification and molecular subtyping of Blastocystis sp. in zoo animals in southwestern China

Host

Scientific name

No. of examined

YA

CD

XC

PZH

No. of Blastocystis-positive

Primates

 De Brazza's monkey

Cercopithecus neglectus

1

1

   

0

 Rhesus macaque

Macaca mulatta

17

15

2

  

10

 Ring-tailed lemur

Lemur catta

13

13

   

6

 Squirrel monkey

Saimiri sciureus

93

93

   

19

 White-cheeked gibbon

Hylobates leucogenys

4

4

   

4

Carnivora

 African lion

Panthera leo

14

14

   

0

 Bengal tiger

Panthera tigris

2

1

  

1

0

 Leopard

Panthera pardus

3

3

   

2

 Lynx

Lynx lynx

1

1

   

0

 Asiatic black bear

Ursus thibetanus

12

   

12

3

 Brown bear

Ursus arctos

1

   

1

0

 Asiatic wild dog

Cuon alpinus

2

2

   

0

 Arctic fox

Vulpes lagopus

3

 

3

  

0

 Wolf

Canis lupus Linnaeus

2

 

2

  

0

 Raccoon dog

Nyctereutes procyonoides

2

 

2

  

0

 Eurasian badger

Meles meles

2

 

2

  

0

 Eurasian river otter

Lutra lutra

2

 

2

  

0

 Ferret

Mustela pulourius furo

2

 

2

  

0

 Red panda

Ailurus fulgens

17

17

   

0

 Raccoon

Procyon lotor

18

13

5

  

0

 Coati

Nasuella olivacea

1

 

1

  

0

 Civet

Paguma sp.

1

 

1

  

0

Rodentia

 Chipmunk

Tamias sp.

5

 

5

  

0

 Prairie dogs

Cynomys sp.

3

 

3

  

0

 Polatouche

Pteromys volans

2

 

2

  

0

 Black great squirrel

Ratufa bicolor

1

 

1

  

1

 Red giant flying squirrel

Petaurista petaurista

1

 

1

  

1

 Capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

4

4

   

0

 Guinea pig

Cavia porcellus

2

 

2

  

0

 Chinchilla

Chinchilla lanigera

6

 

6

  

4

 Beaver

Castor fiber

4

 

4

  

0

 Nepal porcupine

Hystrix brachyura subcristata

3

 

3

  

0

 Hamster

Cricetulus sp.

2

 

2

  

0

Artiodactyla

 Sika deer

Cervus nippon

11

 

3

3

5

1

 Red muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak

7

 

7

  

0

 Fallow deer

Dama dama

3

 

3

  

0

 Roe deer

Capreolus pygargus

1

 

1

  

0

 Alpaca

Vicugna pacos

11

11

   

4

 Two-humped camel

Camelus bactrianus

4

  

2

2

0

 Yellow cattle

Bos taurus domestica

2

  

2

 

0

Perissodactyla

 Horse

Equus caballus

3

  

1

2

0

 Common zebra

Equus burchellii

1

   

1

0

Diprotodontia

 Parma wallaby

Macropus parma

3

 

3

  

0

Erinaceidae

 Hedgehog

Erinaceus amurensis

3

 

3

  

0

Galliformes

 Green peafowl

Pavo muticus

12

  

5

7

1

 Chicken

Gallus gallus

51

 

41

10

 

0

 Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

1

  

1

 

0

 Guinea fowl

Numididae

3

  

3

 

0

Struthionformes

 Common ostrich

Struthio camelus

19

12

 

1

6

6

Psittaciformes

 Green-winged macaw

Ara chloroptera

1

  

1

 

0

Columbiformes

 Common pigeon

Columba livia

34

 

31

3

 

4

Anseriformes

 Goose

Anser cygnoides domesticus

2

  

2

 

0

Strigiformes

 Eurasian eagle owl

Bubo bubo

1

  

1

 

0

Ratitae

 Cassowary

Casuarius sp.

1

 

1

  

0

 Total

 

420

204

144

35

37

66

  1. YA = Ya’an Zoo; CD = Chengdu Zoo; XC = Xichang Zoo; PZH = Panzhihua Zoo