Table 2.
Additional samples collected in flocks 3, 13 and 33 (analysed by ELISA or PCR)
| # positive samples vs. # of samples taken | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| flock # date |
flock size (ewes) |
abortion rate (%) |
serum | vaginal swab | rectal swab | afterbirth | foetus/foetal swab |
| 3 (01/2010) | 1800 | < 1 | 1/34 | 0/11 | 0/11 | 0/5 | 0/8 |
| 13 | |||||||
| (07/2005) | - | - | 1/51 | - | - | - | |
| (12/2005) | - | - | - | - | - | 1/14 | |
| (01/2008) | 2500 | - | - | - | - | 0/18 | - |
| (04/2008) | 2 | - | - | - | 2/34* | - | |
| (05/2009) | - | 1/6 | - | - | 8/19* | 0/1 | |
| (06/2009) | - | - | - | - | 18/24* | - | |
| (07/2010) | - | - | - | - | 0/58 | - | |
| (03/2011) | - | - | 0/107 | - | - | - | |
| 33 | |||||||
| (02/2010) | 115 | < 1 | 42/89 | 5/26 | - | - | - |
| (07/2010) | - | - | - | - | 0/11 | - | |
- no samples; *1/34 C. burnetii isolate; *1/19 C. burnetii isolate; *4/24 C. burnetii isolates