Table 1. Adjusted allele sizes and number allocation for each of eleven VNTR loci and the GP60 marker identified by automated capillary electrophoresis in Cryptosporidium parvum isolates from pre-weaned lambs.

Locus and adjusted fragment size (pb) (allele no.)a	No. of isolates (%) (n = 101)	No. of farms (n = 46)
ML1 [HGDI = 0.531 (0.449–0.613)] b
226 (1)	65 (64.3)	30
238 (2)	24 (23.8)	15
223 (3)	12 (11.9)	6
TP14 [HGDI = 0.594 (0.530–0.658)]
324 (1)	56 (55.4)	27
333 (2)	26 (25.7)	16
342 (3)	19 (18.8)	13
ML2 [HGDI = 0.702 (0.636–0.768)]
191 (2)	45 (44.5)	24
193 (9)	25 (24.7)	17
195 (15)	2 (1.9)	2
197 (10)	2 (1.9)	1
221 (12)	12 (11.9)	6
225 (16)	5 (4.9)	2
227 (3)	1 (0.9)	1
231 (5)	8 (7.9)	6
237 (8)	1 (0.9)	1
5B12 [HGDI = 0.515 (0.433–0.597)]
167 (2)	27 (26.7)	16
169 (3)	65 (64.3)	33
171 (4)	8 (7.9)	6
165 (1) + 171	1 (0.9)	1
MSB [HGDI = 0.605 (0.551–0.659)]
304 (1)	52 (51.5)	25
310 (5)	33 (32.7)	16
316 (2)	1 (0.9)	1
322 (3)	14 (13.9)	8
304 + 310	1 (0.9)	1
CP47 [HGDI = 0.129 (0.043–0.215)]
417 (1)	94 (93.1)	43
420 (3)	2 (1.9)	1
423 (4)	5 (4.9)	4
MSC6-7 [HGDI = 0.038 (0.000–0.089)]
516 (3)	99 (98)	45
549 (1)	2 (1.9)	1
Cgd3_3850 [HGDI = 0.591 (0.510–0.673)]
157 (7)	24 (23.8)	10
163 (2)	58 (57.4)	29
181 (3)	3 (2.9)	2
193 (4)	10 (9.9)	5
199 (5)	5 (4.9)	4
157 + 193	1 (0.9)	1
Cgd1_3670 [HGDI = 0.444 (0.335–0.552)]
235 (5)	73 (72.3)	33
241 (6)	5 (4.9)	3
247 (7)	1 (0.9)	1
259 (8)	1 (0.9)	1
265 (2)	15 (14.8)	8
277 (9)	6 (5.9)	3
Cgd6_5400 [HGDI = 0.707 (0.643–0.771)]
250 (4)	10 (9.9)	6
262 (5)	5 (4.9)	5
268 (6)	3 (2.9)	3
271 (7)	48 (47.5)	21
277 (1)	7 (6.9)	5
283 (2)	24 (23.8)	14
289 (8)	3 (2.9)	2
277 + 283	1 (0.9)	1
Cgd6_3940 [HGDI = 0.692 (0.621–0.762)]
312 (1)	24 (23.8)	13
324 (4)	4 (3.9)	3
327 (5)	3 (2.9)	2
330 (2)	1 (0.9)	1
333 (6)	8 (7.9)	5
336 (3)	8 (7.9)	5
339 (7)	51 (50.5)	27
342 (8)	2 (1.9)	2
GP60 [HGDI = 0.650 (0.572–0.729)]
339 (7)	54 (53.5)	29
342 (8)	8 (7.9)	5
345 (2)	23 (22.8)	16
348 (9)	3 (2.9)	2
351 (3)	8 (7.9)	7
354 (4)	2 (1.9)	2
360 (10)	1 (0.9)	1
339 + 345	1 (0.9)	1
339 + 351	1 (0.9)	1

^a Alleles were compared and numbered consecutively according to those identified within Cryptosporidium isolates from calves and lambs by Quílez et al. [25, 31] and Ramo et al. [32]

^b Hunter-Gaston discriminatory power [discriminatory index (95% confidence interval)]