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Animal Waste, Water Quality and Human Health

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Transport of microbial pollution in catchment systems 165Table 5.3Mean prevalence of Giardia cysts in animal faeces.Ranking <strong>Animal</strong> Age n* Mean prevalence Median prevalence1 Cats adult 1 0.8 0.82 Muskrat adult 2 0.632 0.63153 Sheep juvenile 1 0.57 0.574 Cattle juvenile 3 0.467 0.315 Beavers adult 2 0.269 0.2696 Ducks adult 1 0.24 0.247 Sheep adult 2 0.149 0.1498 Bison adult 1 0.146 0.1469 Cattle adult 8 0.132 0.10510 Horses adult 2 0.125 0.12511 Dogs adult 2 0.102 0.10212 Pigs adult 6 0.09 0.07813 Elk adult 2 0.079 0.07914 Coyotes adult 1 0.05 0.0515 Pigs juvenile 3 0.041 0.03316 Deer juvenile 1 0.029 0.02917 Deer adult 2 0.006 0.00618 Moose adult 1 0.006 0.00619 Fox adult 1 0 020 Geese adult 1 0 0*Number of published studies (not the number of samples analysed).Figure 5.6 Mean prevalence of Giardia cysts by animal species.

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