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. 2006 Aug;47(8):783–786.

Table 1.

Animal and herd level seroprevalences for bovine leukemia virus (BLV), Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) and Neospora caninum (NC) in 1425 beef and 1204 dairy cattle in 49 beef and 40 dairy herds in Manitoba

BLV MAP NC
Animals test + ve % (95% confidence interval) Dairy 60.8% (51.8%–69.9%) 4.5% (2.8%–6.2%) 8.3% (5.1%–11.6%)
Beef 10.3% (2.5%–18.0%) 1.7% (0.02%–3.5%) 9.1%) (6.1%–12.1%)
Herds with ≥ 1 test + ve % (95% confidence interval) Dairy 97.4% (93.5%–100%) 68.4% (52.5%–84.2%) 59.8%) (41.8%–77.9%)
Beef 47.9% (28.0%–68.0%) 29.2% (10.5%–47.9%) 85.7%) (73.5%–97.8%)
Herds with ≥ 2 test + ve % (95% confidence interval) Dairy 97.4% (93.5%–100%) 43.1% (24.9%–61.4%) 37.0%) (19.9%–54.3%)
Beef 32.6% (13.8%–51.3%) 11.0% (0.0%–27.9%) 65.2%) (48.2%–82.2%)
Animals test + ve in herds with ≥ 1 test + ve % (95% confidence interval) Dairy 62.5% (53.5%–71.4%) 6.6% (4.6%–8.6%) 13.4%) (9.3%–17.4%)
Beef 21.7% (8.6%–34.7%) 6.0% (2.3%–9.6%) 10.6%) (7.4%–13.7%)
Animals test + ve in herds with ≥ 2 test + ve % (95% confidence interval) Dairy 62.5% (53.5%–71.4%) 8.7% (6.3%–11.1%) 17.4%) (11.8%–23.0%)
Beef 29.0% (12.4%–45.7%) 9.9% (0.0%–26.3%) 12.9%) (9.1%–16.6%)