Table 1.
Results of various PCRs for western grey kangaroo dams and their pouch young.
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| Dam ID | ELISA Dam | ELISA PY | Age PY (days) | Brain | Tongue | Brain | Heart | Sk musc | Lung | Liver | Kidney | Spleen | Sm Intest |
| C14 | Positive | Positive | 145 | B1, ITS1 | N | N | B1 | N | N | N | nd | N | N |
| C9 | Positive | Positive | 114 | B1, ITS1 | ITS1 | N | N | N | N | N | nd | N | N |
| J6 | Positive | Positive | 124 | B1, ITS1 | ITS1 | N | N | N | nd | nd | nd | nd | N |
| J10 | Positive | Positive | 125 | nd | B1, ITS1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| R7 | Positive | Positive | 90 | B1, ITS1 | N | N | N | N | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Q1 | Positive | Positive | 154 | N | B1, ITS1 | N | N | N | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| G21 | Positive | Negative | 58 | B1 | ITS1 | N | N | N | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| F19 | Positive | Negative | 132 | ITS1 | N | N | N | N | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| R19 | Positive | Negative | 142 | ITS1 | N | N | B1 | N | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| 15B1 | Positive | Positive | 246 | nd | nd | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| R4 | Negative | Negative | 89 | nd | nd | N | N | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| F8 | Negative | Negative | 98 | N | N | N | N | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| H14 | Negative | Negative | 84 | N | N | N | N | N | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| I14 | Negative | Negative | 75 | N | N | N | N | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Q20 | Negative | Negative | 129 | nd | nd | N | N | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| 15B2 | Negative | Negative | 233 | nd | nd | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Abbreviation key:
B1- Positive B1 PCR (Bretagne et al., 1993)
B1- Positive B1 PCR (Grigg and Boothroyd, 2001)
ITS1- Positive ITS1 PCR (Miller et al, 2001)
N- Negative on all PCRs
nd- No tests undertaken
Sk musc- Skeletal muscle
Sm intest- Small intestine