Table 2.
Animal samples collected from various hosts from four different zoos in Sichuan Province, southwestern China
| Host | Scientific name | No. of examined | YA | CD | XC | PZH | No. of Blastocystis-positive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primates | |||||||
| De Brazza's monkey | Cercopithecus neglectus | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rhesus macaque | Macaca mulatta | 17 | 15 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Ring-tailed lemur | Lemur catta | 13 | 13 | 6 | |||
| Squirrel monkey | Saimiri sciureus | 93 | 93 | 19 | |||
| White-cheeked gibbon | Hylobates leucogenys | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Carnivora | |||||||
| African lion | Panthera leo | 14 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Bengal tiger | Panthera tigris | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leopard | Panthera pardus | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Lynx | Lynx lynx | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Asiatic black bear | Ursus thibetanus | 12 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Brown bear | Ursus arctos | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Asiatic wild dog | Cuon alpinus | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Arctic fox | Vulpes lagopus | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Wolf | Canis lupus Linnaeus | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Raccoon dog | Nyctereutes procyonoides | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Eurasian badger | Meles meles | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Eurasian river otter | Lutra lutra | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ferret | Mustela pulourius furo | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Red panda | Ailurus fulgens | 17 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Raccoon | Procyon lotor | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Coati | Nasuella olivacea | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Civet | Paguma sp. | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rodentia | |||||||
| Chipmunk | Tamias sp. | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Prairie dogs | Cynomys sp. | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Polatouche | Pteromys volans | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Black great squirrel | Ratufa bicolor | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Red giant flying squirrel | Petaurista petaurista | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Capybara | Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Guinea pig | Cavia porcellus | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Chinchilla | Chinchilla lanigera | 6 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Beaver | Castor fiber | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Nepal porcupine | Hystrix brachyura subcristata | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Hamster | Cricetulus sp. | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Artiodactyla | |||||||
| Sika deer | Cervus nippon | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
| Red muntjac | Muntiacus muntjak | 7 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Fallow deer | Dama dama | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Roe deer | Capreolus pygargus | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Alpaca | Vicugna pacos | 11 | 11 | 4 | |||
| Two-humped camel | Camelus bactrianus | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Yellow cattle | Bos taurus domestica | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Perissodactyla | |||||||
| Horse | Equus caballus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Common zebra | Equus burchellii | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Diprotodontia | |||||||
| Parma wallaby | Macropus parma | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Erinaceidae | |||||||
| Hedgehog | Erinaceus amurensis | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Galliformes | |||||||
| Green peafowl | Pavo muticus | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Chicken | Gallus gallus | 51 | 41 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Guinea fowl | Numididae | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Struthionformes | |||||||
| Common ostrich | Struthio camelus | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
| Psittaciformes | |||||||
| Green-winged macaw | Ara chloroptera | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Columbiformes | |||||||
| Common pigeon | Columba livia | 34 | 31 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Anseriformes | |||||||
| Goose | Anser cygnoides domesticus | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Strigiformes | |||||||
| Eurasian eagle owl | Bubo bubo | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ratitae | |||||||
| Cassowary | Casuarius sp. | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 420 | 204 | 144 | 35 | 37 | 66 | |
YA = Ya’an Zoo; CD = Chengdu Zoo; XC = Xichang Zoo; PZH = Panzhihua Zoo