Table 2.
First and last day as well as duration of detection of Cryptosporidium oocyst shedding and coproantigen in calves.
| Parameter | Treatment group | First detection on day1 |
Last detection on day1 |
Duration (days) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD)2 | Min-max3 | Mean (SD) | Min-max | Mean (SD) | Min-max | ||
| Oocysts | CON | 9.9 (2.5)a | 6–18 | 17.7 (2.2)a | 13–21 | 8.5 (2.5)a | 4–16 |
| SCFP | 9.7 (2.1)a | 6–16 | 16.8 (2.1)a | 12–21 | 8.1 (2.0)a | 3–13 | |
| HALO | 11.1 (2.3)a | 6–18 | 17.9 (2.2)a | 13–21 | 7.7 (2.7)a | 0–16 | |
| Coproantigen | CON | 9.3 (2.9)a | 4–18 | 17.6 (2.5)a | 13–21 | 9.0 (3.3)a | 0–16 |
| SCFP | 9.4 (2.3)a | 4–16 | 17.4 (2.4)a | 12–21 | 9.0 (2.6)a | 3–13 | |
| HALO | 11.0 (2.9)a | 6–18 | 18.2 (2.4)a | 13–21 | 8.0 (3.3)a | 0–16 | |
Values of a parameter with the same superscript in a column are not significantly different (p > 0.05.
Day 0 and 21 were the day of birth and last day of fecal examination, respectively.
arithmetic mean (standard deviation).
minimum–maximum.