Table 1.
Descriptive statistics regarding dam characteristics at parturition enrolled in this study
| All tests negative | Colostrum | Faeces | EDC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm | n | ELISA | PCR | PCR | Collected | PCR | |
| 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 126 | 38 |
| 2 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 150 | 11 |
| 3 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 150 | 12 |
| 4 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 144 | 44 |
| 5 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 132 | 15 |
| 6 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 150 | 4 |
| 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 144 | 30 |
| 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 138 | 6 |
| Total | 117 | 28 | 39 | 56* | 43* | 1134 | 160 |
| % | 24 | 34 | 48 | 37 | |||
Overview of status of dams which gave birth to a heifer- (calf) enrolled in this study per farm and the results of the Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) IS900 PCR on colostrum, faecal and dust samples, the results of the MAP ELISA on colostrum samples and the agreement of the test results.
n: Number of dams.
*p < 0.05.