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Table 5 Prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia related to number of samples from each dog

From: A longitudinal study on the occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in dogs during their first year of life

Number of samples provided from each dog

Total number Of dogs

Number of Cryptosporidium positive dogs (%)

Number of Giardia positive dogs (%)

1

43

8 (18.6)

5 (11.6)

2

35

14 (40.0)

3 (8.6)

3

74

40 (54.1)

17 (23.0)

4

138

66 (47.8)

35 (25.4)

Total

290

128 (44.1)

60 (20.7)

  1. A dog was considered positive if it had at least one positive sample with Cryptosporidium or Giardia. Some of the dogs had more than one positive sample for either or both parasites.