Table 2.

Animal and herd SBV seroprevalence in Irish cattle during 2012/13, by province and county

	Survey 1 (Nov 2012–Jan 2013) a				Survey 2 (Jun–Aug 2013)				Survey 3 (Oct–Nov 2013)
	Animals		Herds		Animals		Herds		Animals		Herds
Province and County	Total	% positive	Total	% positive	Total	% positive	Total	% positive	Total	% positive	Total	% positive
Connacht
Galway	168	3.6	28	14	168	0	28	0	168	1.8	28	7
Leitrim	102	2	17	12	102	2.9	17	18	102	2	17	12
Mayo	114	1.8	19	11	114	1.8	19	10	114	0.9	19	0
Roscommon	102	0	17	0	102	2	17	12	102	2.9	17	18
Sligo	102	1	17	6	102	0	17	0	102	2	17	12
Leinster
Carlow	102	96.1	18	100	102	95.5	17	100	102	82.4	17	100
Dublin	102	63.7	16	88	102	83.3	17	100	114	53.5	19	94
Kildare	102	20.6	16	63	102	27.5	17	82	102	21.6	17	65
Kilkenny	126	84.9	21	100	126	80.2	21	100	126	69	21	95
Laois	102	36.3	17	71	102	25.5	17	65	102	27.5	17	76
Longford	102	1	17	6	102	2	17	12	102	4.9	17	29
Louth	102	37.3	16	75	102	39.2	17	82	102	42.2	17	88
Meath	102	11.8	17	35	102	18.6	17	41	102	17.6	17	59
Offaly	102	14.7	17	59	102	13.7	18	44	102	10.8	17	41
Westmeath	102	5.9	17	36	102	5.9	17	23	102	1	17	6
Wexford	102	97.1	17	100	102	96.1	17	100	102	98	17	100
Wicklow	102	74.5	16	88	102	72.5	17	100	102	73.5	17	100
Munster
Clare	114	2.6	19	11	114	1.8	19	11	114	8.8	19	37
Cork	354	77.1	59	95	263	88.2	43	98	354	70.3	59	88
Kerry	138	21	23	52	138	23.9	23	52	138	18.8	23	57
Limerick	156	20.5	26	58	156	26.3	26	73	156	26.9	26	58
Tipperary	186	55.4	31	77	186	39.2	31	61	186	39.2	31	68
Waterford	102	99	17	100	102	94.1	17	100	102	97.1	17	100
Ulster
Cavan	102	2	17	12	102	2	17	12	102	2	17	12
Donegal	102	0	17	0	102	2	17	12	102	5.9	17	23
Monaghan	102	12.7	17	24	102	12.7	17	29	102	9.8	17	29
Total	3192	35.8	529	53.3	3101	35.2	517	51.4	3204	33.2	534	52.8

^aIn Dublin, samples were collected during February and March 2013