TABLE 1.
Origin of ruminants investigated in this study and summary of PCR results
| No. of positive animals/no. examinedb |
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| Hosta | Geographic location | No. of sampled animals | Positive for 16S rRNA | Positive for groEL |
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| A. phagocytophilum | A. platys | A. marginale, A. ovis, and A. centrale | Total | ||||
| Sheep | Villacidro | 13 | 12/13 | 0/13 | 0/13 | 12/13 | 12/13 |
| Perfugas | 1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Bulzi | 4 | 1/1 | 0/4 | 1/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| S. M. Coghinas | 2 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Ittiri | 2 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | |
| Total | 22 | 17/19 | 0/22 | 1/22 | 18/22 | 18/22 | |
| Bovine | Sedini | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Bortigiadas | 14 | 2/3 | 0/14 | 12/14 | 14/14 | 14/14 | |
| Badesi | 5 | 4/4 | 0/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Tula | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Perfugas | 9 | 6/7 | 0/9 | 3/9 | 7/9 | 8/9 | |
| Erula | 4 | 0/1 | 0/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Samugheo | 3 | 0/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | ||
| Lanusei | 6 | 3/3 | 0/6 | 2/6 | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Total | 43 | 15/20 | 0/43 | 27/43 | 39/43 | 40/43 | |
| Goat | Perfugas | 5 | 4/4 | 0/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 |
| Tisiennari | 21 | 12/12 | 0/21 | 17/21 | 21/21 | 21/21 | |
| Sassari | 8 | 0/8 | 5/8 | 4/8 | 6/8 | ||
| Total | 34 | 16/16 | 0/34 | 27/34 | 29/34 | 32/34 | |
| Total | 99 | 48/55 | 0/99 | 55/99 | 86/99 | 90/99 | |
a
The red deer sample is not included in this table.
b
Data are presented as the number positive/the total number of animals examined.