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. 2011 May 5;2011:413240. doi: 10.4061/2011/413240

Table 1.

Number of deer sampled for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) and testing results listed by sampling strategy, 2005–2010, northwest Minnesota.

Sampling strategy Surveillance year
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Totals
Hunter-harvested (Oct–Jan) 474 942 1,166 1,246 1,488 1,639 6,955
 No. bTB-positive 1 5 5 0 1 0
 Apparent prevalence (%) 0.21 0.53 0.43 0.00 0.07 0.001
Sharpshooting (Feb–April) 488 937 738 450 2,613
 No. bTB-positive 6 6 2 0
 Apparent prevalence (%) 1.23 0.64 0.27 0.00
Landowner shooting permit 90 125 215
 No. bTB-positive 1 0

Total no. deer tested 474 1,032 1,654 2,308 2,226 2,089 9,783

Total no. bTB-positive 1 6 11 6 3 0 27

1Final culture results from fall 2010 hunter-harvested sampling are pending.