Table 1.

Primers and hydrolysis probes used to detect Echinococcus multilocularis, Toxoplasma gondii and Toxocara spp. parasites, and carnivore host identification of copro-samples.

Targeted species	Gene	Sequence name	Nucleotide sequence	Reference
Echinococcus multilocularis	rrnL	rrn-Fwd	5′-CTGTGATCTTGGTGTAGTAGTTGAGATTT3′	[25]
		rrn-Rev	5′-GGCTTACGCCGGTCTTAACTC-3′
		rrn-probe	5′-TGGTCTGTTCGACCTTTTTAGCCTCCAT-3′
Toxocara spp.	Cox1	Toxo-Fwd	5′-AAAATAGCCAAATCCACACTACTACCA-3′	[26]
		Toxo-Rev	5′-GGTGTGGGACTAGTTGAACTGTGTA-3′
		Toxo-probe	5′-CCCCATAGTCCTCAAAG-3′
Toxoplasma gondii	529-rep	Tg-Fwd	5′-AGAGACACCGGAATGCGATCT-3′	[32]
		Tg-Rev	5′-CCCTCTTCTCCACTCTTCAATTCT-3′
		Tg-probe	5′-ACGCTTTCCTCGTGGTGATGGCG-3′
Vulpes vulpes	CytB	Vv-Fwd	5′-ACCTTCCCGCACCATCAAA-3′	[26]
		Vv-Rev	5′-TGTTGCAATCTGTAGAATAAGGCATA-3′
		Vv-probe	5′-CTGCCTGATGGAACTTCGGGTCCC-3′
Canis l. familiaris	CytB	Cf-Fwd	5′-CCACCCACTAGCCAAAATTGTT-3′	[26]
		Cc-Rev	5′-AAGTTCCATCAAGCAGAGATGTTAGA-3′
		Cf-probe	5′-ATAACTCATTCATTGACCTCCCAGCGCC
Felis s. catus	CytB	Fc-Fwd	5′-CCCTTCTAGGAGTCTGCCTAATCTT-3′	[26]
		Fc-Rev	5′-CGGTTATTGTGTCTGATGTGTAGTGT-3′
		Fc-probe	5′-AAATCCTCACCGGCCTCTTTTTGGC-3′
Geotrichum candidum	CytB	Geo-Fwd	5′-CACCGCCCGTCGCTAC-3′	[25]
		Geo-Rev	5′-AGAAAAGTTGCCCTCTCCAGTT-3′
		Geo-probe	5′-TCAATCCGGAAGCCTCACTAAGCCATT-3′