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Table 1 Prevalence and Cryptosporidium species/genotypes and E. bieneusi genotypes in bears according to age, gender and feeding mod

From: Prevalence and genotypic identification of Cryptosporidium spp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in captive Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) in Heilongjiang and Fujian provinces of China

Group

Fujian

Heilongjiang

Examined No.

E. bieneusi

Cryptosporidium

Examined No.

E. bieneusi

Cryptosporidium

Positive No. (%)

Genotype (n)

Positive No. (%)

Species/genotype (n)

Positive No. (%)

Genotype (n)

Positive No. (%)

Species/genotype (n)

Age

 < 3(year)

17

1 (5.9)

D (1)

1 (5.9)

Rat genotype IV (1)

12

4 (33.3)

SC02 (4)

0

/

 3–5(year)

122

5 (4.1)

D (3); SC02 (2)

0

/

–

–

–

0

/

 > 5 (year)

43

0

/

2 (4.7)

C. andersoni (2)

24

4 (16.7)

SC02 (4)

1 (4.2)

C. andersoni (1)

Gender

 Male

118

4 (3.4)

D (2); SC02 (2)

3 (2.5)

Rat genotype IV (1); C. andersoni (2)

15

3 (20.0)

SC02 (3)

1 (6.7)

C. andersoni (1)

 Female

64

2 (3.1)

D (2)

0

/

21

5 (23.8)

SC02 (5)

0

/

Feeding mode

 Alone

92

4 (4.3)

D (3); SC02 (1)

2 (2.2)

C. andersoni (2)

36

8 (22.2)

SC02 (8)

1 (2.8)

C. andersoni (1)

 Group

90

2 (2.2)

D (1); SC02 (1)

1 (1.1)

Rat genotype IV (1)

–

–

–

0

/

Total

182

6 (3.3)

D (4); SC02 (2)

3 (1.6)

Rat genotype IV (1); C. andersoni (2)

36

8 (22.2)

SC02 (8)

1 (2.8)

C. andersoni (1)