TABLE 3.
Fallow deer that tested positive by ELISAs A, B, C, and D and by the commercial bovine paratuberculosis ELISA-E according to the presence of focal, multifocal, or diffuse lesions, or according to the presence of latent or patent forms
| Histopathology and lesion type | No. of deer tested positive/no. total deer by ELISA: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | |
| Fallow deer without lesions | 0/16 | 0/16 | 0/16 | 0/16 | 2/16 |
| Fallow deer with histopathological lesions | |||||
| Focal | 10/16 | 7/16 | 9/16 | 6/16 | 11/16 |
| Multifocal | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Diffuse intermediate | 2/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 |
| Diffuse multibacillary | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 3/4 | 2/4 |
| Total | 18/25 | 16/25 | 18/25 | 13/25 | 18/25 |
| Kappaa | 0.6674 | 0.5812 | 0.6674 | 0.4581 | 0.5633 |
| P value | <0.0001b | <0.0001b | <0.0001b | 0.0003b | 0.0003b |
| Fallow deer with histopathological formsc | |||||
| Latent | 10/16 | 7/16 | 9/16 | 6/16 | 11/16 |
| Patent | 8/9 | 9/9 | 9/9 | 7/9 | 7/9 |
| Total | 18/25 | 16/25 | 18/25 | 13/25 | 18/25 |
| Kappad | 0.9110 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.8175 | 0.6528 |
| P value | <0.0001b | <0.0001b | <0.0001b | <0.0001b | 0.0022b |
Coefficient of agreement (kappa) between the ELISA results and the presence of focal, multifocal, or diffuse lesions.
Statistically significant association between the ELISA results and the presence/absence of lesions or the presence/absence of latent or patent forms (Fisher's test).
Histopathological lesions were grouped into two categories, latent (focal lesions) and patent forms (multifocal and diffuse lesions).
Coefficient of agreement (kappa) between the ELISA results and the presence of latent or patent forms.