Date post: | 01-Nov-2014 |
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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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