Table 1 Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis and assemblages determined via sequence analysis of SSU rRNA.
Farm | Samples size | Age | Total | p-value | OR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preweaned calves | Postweaned calves | Young cattle | Adult cattle | |||||
Tumd left banner 1 | Samples size (diarrhea/nondiarrhea) | 20 (8/12) | 40 (21/19) | 40 (9/31) | 40 (17/23) | 140 (55/85) | 0.006 | 1.785 (1.181–2.697) |
Positive samples size (Diarrhea/Nondiarrhea) | 3 (0/3) | 22 (9/13) | 13 (2/11) | 16 (7/9) | 54 (18/36) | |||
Overall prevalence (prevalence of diarrhea/nondiarrhea samples) (%) | 15% (0/25%) | 55% (42.9%/68.4%) | 32.5% (22.2%/35.5%) | 40% (41.2%/39.1%) | 38.6% (32.7%/42.4%) | |||
SSU rRNA (n) | E (3) | E (17), A (5) | E (13) | E (16) | E (49), A (5) | |||
Tumd left banner 2 | Samples size (Diarrhea/Nondiarrhea) | 30 (2/28) | 20 (9/11) | 20 (1/19) | 40 (0/40) | 110 (12/98) | 0.197 | 0.728 (0.449–1.181) |
Positive samples size (Diarrhea/Nondiarrhea) | 8 (0/8) | 8 (3/5) | 5 (1/4) | 6 (0/6) | 27 (4/23) | |||
Overall prevalence (Prevalence of diarrhea/nondiarrhea samples) (%) | 26.7% (0/28.6%) | 40% (33.3%/45.5%) | 25% (100%/21.1%) | 15% (0/15%) | 24.5% (33.3%/23.5%) | |||
SSU rRNA (n) | E (8) | E (7) | E (5) | E (5), A (1) | E (25), A (1) | |||
Horinger county | Samples size (Diarrhea/Nondiarrhea) | 23 (8/15) | 20 (18/2) | 41 (7/34) | 36 (7/29) | 120 (40/80) | 0.031 | 0.589 (0.363–0.956) |
Positive samples size (Diarrhea/Nondiarrhea) | 0 (0/0) | 9 (7/2) | 9 (2/7) | 8 (2/6) | 26 (11/15) | |||
Overall prevalence (Prevalence of diarrhea/nondiarrhea samples) (%) | 0 (0/0) | 45% (38.9%/100%) | 22.0% (28.6%/20.6%) | 22.2% (28.6%/20.7%) | 21.7% (27.5%/18.8%) | |||
SSU rRNA (n) | – | E (8), A (1) | E (8), A (1) | E (7), A (1) | E (23), A (3) | |||
Togtoh county | Samples size (diarrhea/nondiarrhea) | 30 (12/18) | 20 (20/0) | 20 (3/17) | 40 (4/36) | 110 (39/71) | 0.548 | 1.15 0.729–1.816) |
Positive samples size (Diarrhea/Nondiarrhea) | 0 (0/0) | 11 (11/0) | 13 (1/12) | 11 (1/10) | 35 (13/22) | |||
Overall prevalence (prevalence of diarrhea/nondiarrhea samples) (%) | 0 (0/0) | 55% (55%/0) | 65% (33.3%/70.6%) | 27.5% (25%/27.8%) | 31.8% (33.3%/31.0%) | |||
SSU rRNA (n) | – | E (11) | E (9), A (2) | E (10), A (1) | E (30), A (3) | |||
Dalad banner | Samples size (diarrhea/nondiarrhea) | 0 (0/0) | 5 (0/5) | 3 (0/3) | 9 (0/9) | 17 (0/17) | 0.594 | 1.316 (0.478–3.626) |
Positive samples size (Diarrhea/Nondiarrhea) | 0 (0/0) | 0 (0/0) | 3 (0/3) | 3 (0/3) | 6 (0/6) | |||
Overall prevalence (prevalence of diarrhea/nondiarrhea samples) (%) | 0 (0/0) | 0 (0/0) | 100% (0/100%) | 33.3% (0/33.3%) | 35.3% (0/35.3%) | |||
SSU rRNA (n) | – | – | E (2), A (1) | E (3) | E (5), A (1) | |||
Hanggin rear Banner | Samples size (diarrhea/nondiarrhea) | 0 (0/0) | 0 (0/0) | 0 (0/0) | 8 (0/8) | 8 (0/8) | 0.288 | 0.337 (0.041–2.762) |
Positive samples size (Diarrhea/Nondiarrhea) | 0 (0/0) | 0 (0/0) | 0 (0/0) | 1 (0/1) | 1 (0/1) | |||
Overall prevalence (prevalence of diarrhea/nondiarrhea samples) (%) | 0 (0/0) | 0 (0/0) | 0 (0/0) | 12.5% (0/12.5%) | 12.5% (0/12.5%) | |||
SSU rRNA (n) | – | – | – | E (1) | E (1) | |||
Total | Samples size (diarrhea/nondiarrhea) | 103 (30/73) | 105 (68/37) | 124 (20/104) | 173 (28/145) | 505 (146/359) | – | – |
Positive samples size (Diarrhea/Nondiarrhea) | 11 (0/11) | 50 (30/20) | 43 (6/37) | 45 (10/35) | 149 (46/103) | |||
Overall prevalence (prevalence of diarrhea/nondiarrhea samples) (%) | 10.7% (0/15.1%) | 47.6% (44.1%/54.1%) | 34.7% (30%/35.6%) | 26.0% (35.7%/24.1%) | 29.5% (31.5%/28.7%) | |||
SSU rRNA (n) | E (11) | E (43), A (6) | E (37), A (4) | E (42), A (3) | E (133), A (13) | |||
p-value | – | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.146 | 0.214 | – | – | – |
OR (95% CI) | – | 0.229 (0.118–0.442) | 2.764 (1.771–4.314) | 1.377 (0.894–2.122) | 0.771 (0.511–1.163) | |||
