Table 1.

Details of paratuberculosis-diseased and control sheep

Sheep ID	Breed	Origina	Age (years)	SGIb	AFBc	IS900 d	Diagnosise
SH.139	Blackface	A	3	5	4	+, +	M
SH.140	Blackface	A	3	7	4	+, +	M
SH.146	Blackface x	B	2.5	5	4	+, +	M
SH.190	Blackface	C	3	5	4	+, +	M
SH.199	Blackface	C	2	6	4	+, +	M
SH.204	Blackface	D	1.5	6	4	+, +	M
SH.107	Blackface x	E	2.5	2.5	0	+, +	P
SH.147	Blackface x	B	2	3	0	+, +	P
SH.155	Blackface	F	3	2	0	+, +	P
SH.160	Blackface x	B	3	2.5	0	+, +	P
SH.188	Blackface x	B	4	4	1	+, +	P
SH.205	Blackface	D	4	2	0	+, +	P
K207	Blackface	G	2.5	0	0	−, −	C
K208	Blackface	G	2.5	0	0	−, −	C
K213	Blackface	G	2.5	0	0	−, −	C
K224	Blackface	G	2.5	0	0	−, −	C
K227	Blackface	G	2.5	0	0	−, −	C
K229	Blackface	G	2.5	0	0	−, −	C

^a Source farms.

^b SGI (Severity of Granulomatous Inflammation) grading: based on total number of epithelioid macrophages and leukocyte distribution patterns of the terminal ileum [46].

^c AFB (Acid Fast Bacteria)—grading: grades 0–2 were defined as paucibacillary; grades 3–4 were defined as multibacillary observed in terminal ileum tissue.

^d IS900 PCR result using each of the two primer sets.

^e Diagnosis: based on histopathological observations.