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There are no reports on the prevalence and molecular characterisation of\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0in the endemic Cyprus mouflon. The mouflon is strictly protected by national and international legislation. Its main distribution is Paphos State Forest and surrounding areas, where it may share the same water sources as free-ranging domestic goats. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the prevalence of\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0spp. and genotypes in mouflon and free-ranging goats within the mouflon range.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Faecal samples of 70 mouflons and 34 free-ranging goats were screened for\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0by PCR amplification and sequencing.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Only one sample (1\/70) belonging to a mouflon was PCR positive for\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Based on sequencing of the\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>18S<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0rRNA locus, this species was identified as\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium parvum<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>C. parvum<\/jats:italic>\n                      ). No positive sample was detected in the free-ranging goats (0\/34).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This is the first report on the molecular identification of this\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0species in a Cyprus mouflon. 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