Table 2.
Overview of collected samples in 19 case herds with at least one clinical case caused by Mycoplasma bovis within a three-month-period prior to the first herd visit
| Samples tested visit 1 | Samples tested visit 2 | Additional samples (positive) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk | Nasal swabs | Milk | Nasal swabs | ||||||||
| Case herd ID | No | PCR pos. | No | PCR pos. | No | PCR pos. | No | PCR pos. | Milk (visit 1-visit 2) | Lung | Mammary gland |
| 1 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 46 | 1 (4)* | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 46 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 44 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 60 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 50 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 87 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 52 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 37 | 0 (1)* | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 742 | 18 | 138 | 44 | 630 | 0 | 93 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 4 |
*Number of samples analyzed shortly before the first herd visit in two different external diagnostic laboratories (Suisselab AG, Zollikofen, Switzerland, Department for Clinical Microbiology and Infection Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria).