Table 2.

Results of real-time versus conventional PCR assay. A total of 247 follow up samples of animal origin were analyzed by conventional as well as real-time PCR. Numbers of positive and negative results for each PCR assay are shown.

	Real-time PCR positive	Real-time PCR negative	total
PCR positive	n = 38	n = 5	n = 43
PCR negative	n = 32	n = 172	n = 204
total	n = 70	n = 177