Table 2.
Animal No. | 1Sp. | 2Period DNA detected (PCR) | Period antibodies detected (MAP1-B) | Status | 5AV | ||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Survived | |||
1301 | L | - | - | - | - | + | nd | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | Survived | 0 |
1302 | L | - | - | - | - | + | nd | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | Survived | |
1303 | L | - | - | + | - | + | nd | - | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | Survived | 0 |
1304 | L | - | - | - | - | - | nd | - | + | + | - | - | - | - | - | Survived | |
1305 | L | - | - | + | + | - | nd | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | Survived | |
1308 | L | - | - | - | + | + | nd | - | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | Survived | |
1309 | L | - | - | + | + | + | nd | - | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | Survived | |
1311 | L | - | - | + | - | - | nd | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | Survived | |
1312 | L | - | - | - | - | - | nd | - | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | Survived | |
1313 | L | - | - | + | - | + | nd | - | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | Survived | |
1314 | L | - | - | - | - | - | nd | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | Survived | 0 |
1315 | L | - | + | - | - | - | nd | - | + | nd | + | + | - | - | - | Survived | |
1316 | L | - | - | - | - | - | nd | + | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | Survived | |
1318 | L | - | - | - | nd | + | nd | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | Survived | |
1319 | L | - | - | - | - | - | nd | - | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | Survived | 0 |
1320 | L | - | - | + | + | + | nd | + | + | nd | + | + | - | - | - | Survived | |
1322 | L | - | - | - | nd | + | nd | - | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | Survived | |
1323 | L | - | - | - | nd | + | nd | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | Survived | |
1325 | L | - | - | - | nd | - | nd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Survived | |
1327 | L | - | - | - | - | - | nd | - | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | Survived | |
1328 | L | - | - | - | nd | - | nd | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | Survived | |
1329 | L | - | - | - | nd | - | nd | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | Survived | |
1330 | L | - | - | - | - | nd | - | nd | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | Survived | |
1331 | L | - | - | - | - | nd | - | nd | + | + | + | + | - | - | nd | Survived | |
13336 | L | nd | + | + | + | 3D(28) 4hw-G | |||||||||||
1332 | L | - | - | - | + | + | + | D(42*) | |||||||||
1321 | L | - | - | - | + | + | + | D(42*) | |||||||||
1306 | L | - | - | - | - | + | + | - | - | D(77*) | |||||||
1317 | L | - | - | - | nd | + | + | + | + | D(84) hw-G | 1 N |
Key: 1Sp. = Species; L = lamb; K = kid; 2Age range per level: 1 (0 – 10 days), 2 (11–21 days), 3 (22 – 49 days), 4 (50 – 77 days), 5 (78 – 98 days), 6 (99 – 126), 7 (127 – 162); 3D = died (numbers in parentheses indicate day of death); 4hw-G heartwater confirmed by Giemsa; hw-PCR: heartwater confirmed by pCS20 PCR;
5AV: A. variegatum tick counts on selected study animals; N = nymph; A = adult; *mortality due to coccidial and/or clostridial enteritis; 6Animal numbers in bold are cases of mortality