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. 2015 Mar 5;77(7):861–863. doi: 10.1292/jvms.15-0007

Table 1. Study cattle from six farms: herd size, actual and total number evaluated, and number of BLV seroconverters.

Farm 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Cattle serologically tested during the observation period 43 43 56 26 26 51 245
Number of serological positives among tested cattle above 18 20 5 8 13 24 88
Number of uninfected cattle tested two or more times without change 20 14 46 17 12 25 134

Unexposed group (uninfected cattle without infected neighbors) 9 6 39 13 10 4 81
Number seroconverting among unexposed group 0 0 2 0 0 1 3
Exposed group (uninfected cattle having infected neighbors) 11 8 7 4 2 21 53
Number seroconverting among exposed group 1 2 1 4 1 2 11

Observation period (months) 21 16 29 17 16 15