A total number of 100 fecal samples were examined for the presence of Giardia intestinalis infection in dogs using a Giardia ELISA kit (SNAP ® test, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME). 49 males and 51 females were examined for a G. intestinalis infection in Daejeon and Chungnam area of South Korea. The overall positive rate of G. intestinalis infection was 12.00%. G. intestinalis infection resulted to be more prevalent in males (12.24%) than in females (11.76%), and in symptomatic dogs (18.18%) than in asymptomatic dogs (11.54%). There were no significant differences between the two groups. 19.60% being found in the < 2-year-old group, 4.08% in the over 2 year-old group. X 2 analysis revealed a significantly higher prevalence (p < 0.05) in the < 2-year-old group than in the other, and a significantly higher prevalence in dogs kept in a shared kennel (36.00%, p < 0.001). This study is the first survey of G. intestinalis infection prevalence in South Korea according to life style (particularly between dogs kept in a shared kennel and that of dogs kept separately) using an ELISA kit, and this study is expected to provide a useful reference for clinicians and breeders.

ITP is the program that monitors the trends in indicators of industry performance as a means to confirm that the safety of the operating power plants is being maintained 2 Because PIs in the reactor safety area are regarded as the most important [1] type of PI, the threshold evaluation was limited to PIs in the reactor safety area and the evaluation of PI thresholds in the radiation safety areas remains a future study to be undertaken. 3 Other remaining initiating events that contribute approximately 40% of the CDF, such as medium and large LOCAs and interfacing system LOCAs, have been excluded in the BRIIE because it was revealed that these events are rare and would not generally be expected over the lifetime of the NPPs.

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