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Table 4 Infections and genotypes of intestinal parasites in pigs

From: Sympatric non-biting flies serve as potential vectors of zoonotic protozoan parasites on pig farms in China

Factors

Number of pig fecal samples

Total number of positives

Cryptosporidium spp.

E. bieneusi

Blastocystis sp.

Number of positives

Species (n)

Number of positives

Genotypes (n)

Number of positives

Subtypes (n)

Location

 Henan

460

261

13

C. scrofarum (9), C. suis (4)

59

EbpC (38), EbpA (9), Henan-IV (4), CHG19 (3), PigEBITS5 (3), CHS5 (1), H (1)

189

ST1 (4), ST3 (2), ST5 (183)

 Shaanxi

942

271

18

C. scrofarum (3), C. suis (15)

74

EbpC (34), EbpA (32), HIJ-IV (4), O (3), BEB6 (1)

179

ST1 (13), ST3 (14), ST5 (152)

 Shandong

69

52

0

-

27

EbpC (12), EbpA (7), PigEBITS5 (4), CHS5 (2), CHG19 (2)

25

ST3 (3), ST5 (22)

 Guangdong

108

90

2

C. suis (2)

21

PigEBITS5 (5), EbpC (13), EbpA (3)

67

ST1 (2), ST3 (3), ST5 (62)

 Jiangsu

108

104

8

C. scrofarum (8)

45

EbpC (44), CHS5 (1)

51

ST1 (2), ST3 (2), ST5 (47)

 Jiangxi

107

42

0

-

0

-

42

ST5 (42)

Pig developmental stage

 Suckling piglets (< 21 days)

248

58

0.4% (1/248)

C. scrofarum (1)

1.6% (4/248)

EbpC (2), EbpA (1), PigEBITS5 (1)

21.4% (53/248)

ST5 (53)

 Weaning pigs (1–2 months)

444

319

6.5% (29/444)

C. suis (19), C. scrofarum (10)

24.8% (110/444)

EbpC (75), EbpA (15), PigEBITS5 (6), HIJ-IV (4), CHS5 (1), H (1), Henan-IV (3), CHG19 (5)

40.5% (180/444)

ST1 (4), ST3 (4), ST5 (172)

 Finishing pigs (3–6 months)

670

193

0.9% (6/670)

C. scrofarum (5), C. suis (1)

6.5% (44/670)

EbpC (34), EbpA (7), PigEBITS5 (2), Henan-IV (1)

21.3% (143/670)

ST1 (2), ST3 (10), ST5(131)

 Sows (> 6 months)

432

250

1.2% (5/432)

C. scrofarum (4), C. suis (1)

15.7% (68/432)

EbpC (30), EbpA (28), PigEBITS5 (3), CHS5(3), BEB6 (1), O (3)

41.0% (177/432)

ST1 (15), ST3 (10), ST5(152)

Breeding scale

 Large-scale

833

275

16

 

79

 

180

 

 Xianyang

200

20

0

–

1.5% (3/200)

EbpA (3)

8.5% (17/200)

ST5 (17)

 Hanzhong

30

13

0

–

0

–

43.3% (13/30)

ST5 (13)

 Xuchang

100

28

2.0% (2/100)

C. scrofarum (1), C. suis (1)

2.0% (2/100)

EbpC (2)

24.0% (24/100)

ST1 (1), ST5 (23)

 Hebi

26

8

0

–

0

–

30.8% (8/26)

ST5 (8)

 Xinyu

107

42

0

–

0

–

39.3% (42/107)

ST5 (42)

 Xuzhou

108

104

7.4% (8/108)

C. scrofarum (8)

41.7% (45/108)

EbpC (44), CHS5 (1)

47.2% (51/108)

ST1 (2), ST3 (2), ST5 (47)

 Weinan1

262

60

(3.0%) 6/262

C. suis (4), C. scrofarum (2)

(11.06%) 29/262

EbpC (15), EbpA (14)

(9.5%) 25/262

ST1 (3), ST3 (2), ST5 (20)

Small-scale

961

545

25

 

147

 

373

 

 Baoji

250

99

0.8% (2/250)

C. scrofarum (1), C. suis (1)

1.2% (3/250)

EbpC (3)

37.6% (94/250)

ST1 (6), ST3 (6), ST5 (82)

 Linyi

29

20

0

–

31.0% (9/29)

EbpA (5), PigEBITS5 (4)

38.0% (11/29)

ST5 (11)

 Heze

40

32

0

–

45.0% (18/40)

CHS5 (2), EbpA (2), EbpC (12), CHG19 (2)

35.0% (14/40)

ST3 (3), ST5 (11)

 Zhoukou

87

58

8.0% (7/87)

C. scrofarum (7)

9.2% (8/87)

EbpA (6), EbpC (2)

49.4% (43/87)

ST1 (3), ST3 (1), ST5 (39)

 Kaifeng

76

61

0

–

26.3% (20/76)

CHS5 (1), H (1), CHG19 (1), EbpA (2), Henan-IV (3), EbpC (12)

53.9% (41/76)

ST5 (41)

 Xinyang

129

74

0

–

10.1% (13/129)

EbpC (13)

47.3% (61/129)

ST5 (61)

 Nanyang

12

16

25.0% (3/12)

C. suis (3)

91.7% (11/12)

EbpC (6), CHG19 (2), PigEBITS5 (3)

16.7% (2/12)

ST5 (2)

 Zhumadian

30

16

3.3% (1/30)

C. scrofarum (1)

16.7% (5/30)

EbpC (3), EbpA (1), Henan-IV (1)

33.3% (10/30)

ST3 (1), ST5 (9)

 Heyuan

108

90

1.9% (2/108)

C. suis (2)

19.4% (21/108)

EbpC (13), EbpA (3), PigEBITS5 (5)

62.0% (67/108)

ST1 (2), ST3 (3), ST5 (62)

 Weinan2

200

79

(5%) 10/200

C. suis (10)

(19.5%) 39/200

EbpC (17), HIJ-IV (4), O (3), EbpA (15)

(15.0%) 30/200

ST1 (4), ST3 (6), ST5 (20)

Total

1794

820

2.3% (41/1794)

C. scrofarum (20)

C. suis (21)

12.6% (226/1794)

EbpC (141), EbpA (51), HIJ-IV (4), PigEBITS5 (12), Henan-IV (4), BEB6 (1), CHS5 (4), H (1), O (3), CHG19 (5)

30.8% (553/1794)

ST1 (21), ST3 (24), ST5 (508)