Table 2.
Distribution of Cryptosporidium spp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in farmed and pet African pygmy hedgehogs in Guangdong by age.
| Age (months) | Sample size | No. positive for Cryptosporidium (%) |
Cryptosporidium spp. (n) |
No. positive for E. bieneusi (%) |
E. bieneusi genotypes (n) | No. of co-infection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–2 | 153 | 84 (54.9) | Horse genotype (73), C. erinacei (11) |
122 (79.7) | SCR05 (113), GDH01 (4), GDH02 (1) | 66 (43.1) |
| 3–4 | 95 | 23 (24.2) | Horse genotype (19), C. erinacei (4) |
64 (67.4) | SCR05 (53), GDH01 (2), GDH02 (2), GDH03 (1), GDH04 (1), GDH05 (1), GDH06 (1), GDH10 (1), Mixed infection (2) | 18 (18.9) |
| ≥5 | 132 | 28 (21.2) | Horse genotype (21), C. erinacei (7) | 80 (60.6) | SCR05 (69), GDH01 (3), GDH07 (1), GDH08 (1), GDH09 (1), Mixed infection (4) | 20 (15.2) |
| Total | 380 | 135 (35.5) | Horse genotype (113), C. erinacei (22) | 266 (70.0) | SCR05 (235), GDH01 (9), GDH02 (3), GDH03 (1), GDH04 (1), GDH05 (1), GDH06 (1), GDH07 (1), GDH08 (1), GDH09 (1), GDH10 (1), Mixed infection (6) |
104 (27.4) |