The Prevalence of Giardia

in the River Taff

Background Information

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Aims

• Understand the presence and prevalence of specific organisms in bodies of water

• Identify the distribution of the organism

• Explore the reasons for any significant patterns seen

Methodology

• Water Sample Collection

• Chemical flocculation

• DNA extraction

• PCR

• Electrophoresis

ResultsFigure 1: Gel Image of The River Taff Samples, using Giardia and Cryptosporidium primers (SL, MG, AG, TG, MC, AC, TC)

Conclusion

• Enhanced the understanding of the prevalence of microorganisms in the River Taff

• Contributes to current knowledge (Pickup et al., 2005)

• Will hopefully encourage future work

Ideas for Further Research

• Longitudinal study

• Testing of livestock faeces

• Exploration of cryptosporidium prevalence

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