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. 2016 Mar 16;23:13. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2016013

Table 1.

Giardia duodenalis assemblages and corresponding hosts.

Assemblage Host(s)
A Humans [15], dog [5, 8, 29, 58], cat [27, 51], cattle [15, 24], alpaca [19], deer [45, 48], ferret [39], pig [3], beaver [40], chinchilla [39], jaguar [47], horse [56], marsupials [38, 52], sheep [17, 27, 30, 62], goat [17], muskox [9], non-human primates [60, 61], cetacean(s) [41, 42], seals [26], Australian sea lion [10], moose [27, 43], reindeer [43], chicken [5], gull [26]
B Humans [5, 15], cattle [15, 38], dog [8], gazelle [48], deer [38], horse [56], beaver [40, 50], muskrat [50], chinchilla [39, 47], ferret [39], rabbit [30, 39], Desmarest’s hutia [39], marsupials [38, 52], guinea pig [27], rock hyrax [4], non-human primates [47, 60, 61], chicken [5], sheep [62], seals [26], pig [13], Australian sea lion [10], ostrich [47], dolphin [25, 41], porpoise [25], gull [26]
C Dog [8, 29], kangaroo [38], cattle [33], pig [33] cetacean(s) [42]
D Dog [5, 8], chinchilla [39], kangaroo [38], cattle [33], cetacean(s) [42], fox [38]
E Cattle [24, 30, 38], sheep [15, 17, 27, 30], pig [3, 13, 15], alpaca [19], goat [17, 62], horse [56], yak [27], fox [38], deer [27], cat [27]
F Cat [27, 51], cetacean(s) [42], pig [3, 33]
G Rat [27, 63], mouse [63]
H Grey seal [26], gull [26]