Table 1.

EDTA-blood samples of goats from Central Switzerland, 2008, positive for Anaplasma phagocytophilum in real-time PCR (msp2 gene).

	Month positive goats/total goats tested
Flock	May	June	July	August	September	October
A	0/11	0/11	1/11	0/16	0/12	0/11
B	0/11	2/11	0/7	0/11	0/12	0/12
G	0/10	0/13	0/13	0/13	0/13	0/12
J	0/7	0/8	0/8	0/8	0/8	0/7
M	0/11	0/11	0/11	0/11	0/11	1/11
R	0/10	0/10	not available	0/11	0/10	0/9
Total	0/60	2/64	1/50	0/70	0/66	1/62