Table 1.
Summary of the sampled flocks and collected samples
| # of samples taken | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| flock # |
flock size (ewes) |
vaccine Status |
abortion rate (%)§ |
1st serum d1/2 p.p. |
2nd serum d21 p.p. |
vaginal swab/ PCR |
vaginal swab/ culture |
rectal swab | afterbirth | foetus/foetal swab |
| 1 | 500 | - | 0 | - | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 2 | 1000 | - | 0 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | - |
| 3 | 1800 | - | < 1 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 |
| 4 | 1300 | - | 0 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 5 | 1200 | - | 3 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 500 | - | 0 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 7 | 450 | - | 0 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | - |
| 8 | 1100 | - | < 1 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 9 | 1800 | - | 0 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 10 | 550 | - | 0 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | - |
| 11 | 700 | - | < 1 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 12 | 330 | - | 0 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | - |
| 13* | 2500 | + | 2 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - |
| 14 | 400 | - | < 1 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 15 | 700 | - | < 1 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 16 | 750 | - | < 1 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 17 | 900 | - | < 1 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | - |
| 18 | 250 | - | < 1 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 19* | 450 | + | < 1 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 20 | 1000 | - | < 1 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 21 | 500 | - | < 1 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 22 | 406 | - | < 1 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 23 | 700 | - | < 1 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 24 | 700 | - | 0 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 25 | 550 | - | < 1 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 26 | 1000 | - | 1 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 27 | 317 | - | < 1 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 28* | 350 | + | 6 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | 420 | - | 0 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 30* | 1178 | + | < 1 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 31* | 500 | + | < 1 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 32 | 120 | - | 0 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | - |
| 33 | 115 | - | < 1 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - |
| 34 | 400 | - | < 1 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 35 | 650 | - | < 1 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 36* | 133 | + | 0 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 37 | 377 | - | < 1 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | - |
| 38* | 409 | + | < 1 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 39** | 25 | - | 0 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 460 | - | < 1 | 29 | - | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| total | 1130 | 1059 | 440 | 440 | 440 | 72 | 10 | |||
§according to the sheep farmers and the Thuringian sheep health authority
*due to a vaccination history not included in the prevalence study but analysed separately
**excluded from the prevalence study due to flock size