Table 4.

Summary of molecular genotyping results for Giardia in dogs and cats

Host species	Sample size	Number amplified ≥1 loci	Number amplified ≥2 loci	Assemblage concurrence at multiple loci*	Assemblage divergence at multiple loci
Cats	60	53 (88.3%)	25 (41.7%)	48% (n = 25)	52% (n = 25)
Dogs	130	123(94.6%)	59 (45.4%)	71% (n = 59)	29% (n = 59)

*Includes instances where a genotype identified at the first locus was again amplified at the second locus as part of a mixed sequence (indicating a mixed template). Figures are expressed as a percentage of the number of samples amplified at ≥2 loci.