Table 2. Detection of Arcanobacterium phocae and Streptococcus spp. in fur animals, and their association to disease signs of FENP.
PCR positive for A. phocae | Positive for A. phocae in culture | Positive for Streptococcus spp in culture | ||||
p-values* | p-values | p-values | ||||
Diseased mink | 21 (21) | <0.001 | 16 (21) | <0.001 | 16 (21) | <0.001 |
Healthy mink | 1 (11) | 0 (11) | 0 (11) | |||
Healthy mink on a diseased farm | 3 (4) | 0 (4) | 0 (4) | |||
Diseased finnraccoons | 20 (20) | <0.01 | 8 (20) | 0.068 | 10 (20) | <0.01 |
Healthy finnraccoons | 6 (11) | 1 (11) | 0 (11) | |||
Diseased foxes | 19 (19) | <0.001 | 6 (19) | 0.036 | 2 (19) | 0.3677 |
Healthy foxes | 0 (12) | 0 (12) | 0 (12) | |||
All diseased animals | 60 (60) | <0.001 | 30 (60) | <0.001 | 28 (60) | <0.001 |
All healthy animals | 10 (38) | 1 (38) | 0 (38) |
The table shows the probabilities of getting a positive result from diseased animals as opposed to healthy animals.
* Calculated from Fisher's exact test.