Table 2.
Differences in the occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. in guinea pigs between pet shops (Pet shop 3, 5, and 7) and one farm.
| Location | Age | Total no. of samples |
Cryptosporidium spp. |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of positive | Species/genotypes (no. of samples) | |||
| Pet shops | < 1 year | 14 | 1 (7.1%) | C. homai (1) |
| > 1 year | 24 | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| unknown | 5 | 4 (80.0%) | C. wrairi (2), C. homai (2) | |
| Total | 43 | 5 (11.6%) | C. homai (3), C. wrairi (2) | |
| Farm | 3–4 month | 221 | 137 (62.0%) | C. wrairi (117), C. homai (19), C. muris (1) |
| > 1 year | 46 | 20 (43.5%) | C. wrairi (10), C. homai (10) | |
| Total | 267 | 157 (58.8%) | C. wrairi (127), C. homai (29), C. muris (1) | |