Table 1. MLVA11 primer sequences.

Locus	Fwd Primer Sequence	Reverse Primer Sequence
Hoofprint 1	GTGATTGCGGCGTGGTTCCGTTGAATGAG	TAGGGCARTARGGCAGTATGTTAAGGGAATAG
Hoofprint 2	CGCGCATGATCCGCGAACAGCTGGATG	GGGGAGTATGTTTTGGTTGCGCATGACCGC
Hoofrpint 3	CAGGCGCTTGAGGATGAGGCGGCAG	TAGGGCARTARGGCAGTATGTTAAGGGAATAG
Hoofprint 4	GCAGAATTTTCGAGGCATTCGGCGATG	TAGGGCARTARGGCAGTATGTTAAGGGAATAG
Hoofprint 6	GCCGCAGGAAAGCAGGCGATCTGGAGATTATC	TAGGGCARTARGGCAGTATGTTAAGGGAATAG
Hoofprint 8	GTGGGAAGCGTTATCCTTTAACGGGAGTAAGGG	GGGGAGTATGTTTTGGTTGCGCATGACCGC
VNTR 2	AGTTCGAGACCTTCATGGAA	CAGTTCCATTGCTTGCTGC
VNTR 5a	AATCACCCTTTTTCAGTCAAGG	GAAGAACATCTATTTCGCGGT
VNTR 5b	GTGGTGGACAAGGCAAGTA	CGCGAGGTTTTCGGCCAGA
VNTR 16	GAATGATAAGCTTCACCTGAATA	CGCGTTTCGATTGTGGAAA
BRUCE 72 *	GAAGACGGCTATCGACTGGTCT	GTTTCAATGAAGGCGAGGTGAG

* indicates a locus not included in the originally described VNTR21 scheme [4]but taken from the panel described by Le Fleche et al 2006 characterising 80 repetitive loci [20].