Current situation of Giardia infection in Spain: Implications for public health

Table 5 Detection of Giardia spp. in faecal samples from pets in Spain (1990 onwards)

Specie	Province/region	Period	No. samples	Technique(s)	Infection rate (%)	Ref.
Dogs12	Zaragoza	1992	81	CC + CM	4.9	[41]
Dogs12	Granada	NS	912	CC + CM	12.1	[37]
Dogs12	Murcia	2001-2004	48	Nec. + CC + CM	10.0	[42]
Dogs12	Córdoba	NS	1500	CC + CM + Nec.	1.0	[45]
Dogs12	Madrid	NS	1161	CC + CM	7.1	[44]
Dogs2	Various	2005-2006	441	SNAP Giardia test3	25.1	[43]
Dogs + cats	Madrid	NS	79	CC + CM	17.7	[46]
Cats2	Various	2005-2006	54	SNAP Giardia test3	14.6	[43]

CC: Concentration techniques; CM: Conventional microscopy; Nec.: Necropsy; NS: Not specified.

¹Asymptomatic;

²Symptomatic (defined as the presence of diarrhoea and/or vomiting);

³Idexx Laboratories, Westbrook, ME.