Table 3.
Summary of Cryptosporidium taxa detected in 8695 faecal samples from animals in Melbourne’s protected drinking water catchments (2015–2024)
| Catchment | Macropod | Deer | Rabbit | Canid | Rat | Waterbird | Possum | Wombat | Cryptosporidium total | Faecal total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| Cardinia | 19 macropodum, 6 fayeri | 13 ryanae, 1 muris | 1 canis | 40 | 1902 | |||||
| Greenvale | 36 macropodum, 12 fayeri | 1 canis | 49 | 1188 | ||||||
| Maroondah | 11 macropodum, 13 fayeri | 4 ryanae | 28 | 1482 | ||||||
| O’Shannassy | 1 parvum-like | 12 ryanae | 1 cuniculus | 14 | 302 | |||||
| Silvan | 5 fayeri, 2 macropodum | 4 cuniculus | 4 baileyi | 15 | 1489 | |||||
| Upper Yarra | 17 ryanae, 1 occultus 1 ubiquitum | 3 viatorum, 1 occultus | 1 ubiquitum | 24 | 620 | |||||
| Winneke | 22 macropodum, 1 ubiquitum | 23 | 366 | |||||||
| Yan Yean | 27 fayeri, 27 macropodum | 22 ryanae, 3 muris | 1 cuniculus | 1 possum genotype | 81 | 1331 | ||||
| Total | 182 | 74 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 274 | 8695 |