TABLE 3.
Linear regressions of C. parvum inactivation results
| Oocyst supplier | In vitro excystation
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MPN-cell culture assay
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r2 | k (liters/mg · min)a | y intercept | r2 | k (liters/mg · min) | y intercept | |
| Pleasant Hill Farm | 0.475 | −0.0007 | −0.0179 | 0.902 | −0.00233 | 0.338 |
| Sterling Parasitology Laboratory | 0.3697 | −0.0018 | −0.398 | 0.752 | −0.0035 | −0.080 |
| University of Alberta | 0.9622 | −0.0058 | −0.092 | 0.986 | −0.0270 | −0.160 |
a
k is the pseudo-first-order reaction rate constant, taken as the slope of the linear regression of the data.