Table 1 Prevalence and species/assemblage/genotype distribution of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Tibetan sheep in Qinghai Province

Location

 Xining

164

6 (3.66)

C. xiaoi (4)

C. ubiquitum (1)

C. bovis (1)

5 (3.05)

E (5)

22 (13.41)

BEB6 (9), COS-I (3),

CGS1 (1), CHS3 (8),

PIGEBITS5 (1)

 Haibei

212

13 (6.13)

C. xiaoi (4)

C. ubiquitum (4)

C. bovis (4)

C. ryanae (1)

5(2.36)

E (3), A (2)

9 (4.25)

BEB6 (4), COS-I (2),

CGS1 (1), CHS3 (2)

 Golog

51

-

-

-

-

-

 Hainan

124

6 (4.84)

C. xiaoi (5)

C. ubiquitum (1)

2 (1.61)

E (2)

9 (7.26)

BEB6 (6), COS-I (2),

CHS3 (1)

 Huangnan

107

3 (2.80)

C. ubiquitum (2)

C. bovis (1)

-

-

4 (3.74)

BEB6 (1), COS-I (3)

 Haixi

51

-

-

-

-

4 (7.84)

COS-I (4)

 Yushu

52

-

-

-

-

1 (1.92)

BEB6 (1)

 Season

 Spring

183

6 (3.28)

C. xiaoi (6)

9 (4.92)

E (9)

12 (6.56)

BEB6 (4), COS-I (3),

CHS3 (5)

 Summer

212

16 (7.56)

C. xiaoi (4)

C. ubiquitum (6)

C. bovis (5)

C. ryanae (1)

1 (0.47)

E (1)

28 (13.21)

BEB6 (14), COS-I (5),

CGS1 (2), CHS3 (6),

PIGEBITS5 (1)

 Autumn

262

4 (1.53)

C. xiaoi (1)

C. ubiquitum (2)

C. bovis (1)

2 (0.76)

A (2)

8 (3.05)

BEB6 (3), COS-I (5)

 Winter

104

2 (1.92)

C. xiaoi (2)

-

-

1 (0.96)

COS-I (1)

 Total

761

28 (3.68)

C. xiaoi(13)

C. ubiquitum (8)

C. bovis (6)

C. ryanae (1)

12 (1.58)

E (10), A (2)

49 (6.44)

BEB6 (21), COS-I (14),

CGS1 (2), CHS3 (11),

PIGEBITS5 (1)