Table 2.
Prevalence of B. bigemina and T. evansi alone and in combination by Giemsa stained thin blood smear (GSTBS) examination and duplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
| Districts covered | Samples tested | Positive for T. evansi alone | Positive for B. bigemina | Positive for both T. evansi and B. bigemina | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By GSTBS | By PCR | By GSTBS | By PCR | By GSTBS | By PCR | ||
| Ferozepur | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mansa | 54 | 0 | 20 (37.03%) | 0 | 4 (7.41%) | 0 | 1 (1.85%) |
| Moga | 18 | 0 | 6 (33.33%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sangrur | 23 | 0 | 11 (47.82%) | 0 | 1 (4.34%) | 0 | 1 (4.34%) |
| Bathinda | 66 | 0 | 23 (34.84%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fatehgarh Sahib | 54 | 0 | 22 (40.74%) | 0 | 1 (1.85%) | 0 | 0 |
| Patiala | 34 | 0 | 15 (44.11%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (5.88) |
| Jalandhar | 40 | 3 (7.5%) | 12 (30%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (7.5%) |
| Ludhiana | 97 | 0 | 41 (42.26%) | 2 (2.06%) | 4 (4.12%) | 0 | 7 (7.22%) |
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| Total | 411 | 3 (0.73%) | 150 (36.49%) | 2 (0.48%) | 10 (2.43%) | 0 | 14 (3.41%) |
| χ 2 | 24* | 67.2* | 16** | 20.6*** | NS | 27.14* | |
| Cow | 386 | 3 (0.77%) | 139 (36.01%) | 1 (0.25%) | 8 (2.07%) | 0 | 11 (2.84%) |
| Buffalo | 25 | 0 | 11 (44%) | 1 (4%) | 2 (8%) | 0 | 3 (12%) |
| χ 2 | NS | 109.22* | NS | NS | NS | 4.57** | |
*P ≤ 0.005, **P ≤ 0.05, and ***P ≤ 0.01.