Table 4.

Giardia duodenalis infection rates and genotypes in sheep and goats in China.

Animals	Locations	Specimens	Positive (%)	Assemblage (no.)	Subassemblage (no.)	References
Sheep	Heilongjiang	21a	Genotypes identified	A (4)		Liu A. et al., 2014
				E (17)
Sheep/Goat	Henan	880	16 (1.82%)			Sui et al., 2015
Sheep	Heilongjiang	539	25 (4.64%)	A (4)	AI(3), AIV(1)	Zhang et al., 2012c
				B (2)
				E (19)
Sheep	Henan	162	3 (1.85%)			Zhu et al., 2012
Sheep	Henan	1,028	58 (5.64%)			Li M. et al., 2013
Sheep	Henan	716	39 (5.45%)	A (5)	AI (9)	Wang H. et al., 2016
				E (31)
				A/E (3)
Sheep	Jilin	48	0			Li M. et al., 2013
Sheep	Liaoning	16	0			Li M. et al., 2013
Sheep	Shandong	17	0			Li M. et al., 2013
Sheep	Inner Mongolia	375	16 (4.27%)	A (13)	AI (4); AII (1); AIV (8)	Ye et al., 2015
				A/E (3)
Sheep	Qinghai	61	8 (13.11%)			Ma et al., 2014
Goat	Heilongjiang	139	4 (2.88%)	E (4)		Zhang et al., 2012c
Goat	Henan	301	71 (23.59%)			Chen et al., 2015
Goat	Henan	63	1 (1.59%)			Li M. et al., 2012
Goat	Henan	844	48 (5.69%)			Zhu et al., 2013
Goat	Anhui	80	7 (8.75%)			Zhu et al., 2013
Goat	Chongqing	18	5 (27.78%)			Zhu et al., 2013
Goat	Qinghai	50	0			Zhu et al., 2013
Goat	Inner Mongolia	51	0			Zhu et al., 2013
Goat	Anhui	506	32 (6.32%)	E (32)		Gu et al., 2014
Goat	Qinghai	51	2 (3.92%)			Ma et al., 2014
Dairy goat	Henan	316	3 (0.95%)			Cao et al., 2015
Dairy goat	Shaanxi	170	11 (6.47%)	E (11)		Peng et al., 2016
Meat goat	Henan	144	35 (24.31%)	E (35)		Peng et al., 2016
Cashmere goat	Shaanxi	315	34 (10.79%)	A (4)	AIV (4)	Peng et al., 2016
				E (30)
Total		6,890	418 (6.07%)	E (179); A (30); B (2); A/E (6)	AI (16); AIV (13); AII (1);

^aNot included in the G. duodenalis infection rate calculation.