Cryptosporidium, Tyzzer, 1907

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3.2. Cryptosporidium screening

Cryptosporidium was not detected in any of the faecal samples (n = 290). The purified genomic DNA were deemed PCR competent using DNA spike analysis with all 290 samples generating an amplicon when screened using 18S rRNA PCR.