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Animal Waste, Water Quality and Human Health

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Transport of microbial pollution in catchment systems 161Table 5.1(Continued)Ranking <strong>Animal</strong> Age n* Mean prevalence Median prevalence4 Pigs juvenile 5 0.261 0.2195 Hedgehogs adult 1 0.250 0.2506 Pigs adult 7 0.221 0.0547 Rodents adult 9 0.209 0.2208 Poultry adult 3 0.200 0.2709 Kangaroos adult 2 0.194 0.19410 Goats adult 3 0.187 0.19011 Cattle adult 22 0.152 0.08212 Badgers adult 1 0.150 0.15013 Geese adult 2 0.117 0.11714 Horses juvenile 1 0.100 0.10015 Horses adult 3 0.100 0.08916 Deer juvenile 1 0.088 0.08817 Racoons adult 2 0.085 0.08518 Rabbits adult 2 0.068 0.06819 Cats adult 3 0.065 0.08320 Deer adult 5 0.060 0.060*Number of published studies (not the number of samples analysed).Figure 5.2 Mean prevalence rates of Cryptosporidium oocysts by animal species.

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