TABLE 3.

A. phagocytophila variants from 11 sheep flocks in Norway identified by reverse line blot hybridization and DNA sequencing

Flock no.	No. of sheep	No. of sheep positive for:
		Variant 1	Variant 2	Prototype	Variant 5
A	2	2
B	1	1
C	3a	3		1
D	21	3	18
E	2	2
F	1		1
G	2	1	1
H	2	2
I	1a	1			1
J	4a	4		1
K	1		1
Total	40	19	21	2	1

^aOne sheep infected with two variants of A. phagocytophila.