TABLE 1:
Prevalence by species and ocular clinical signs.
| M. conjunctivae | Chlamydiaceae | ||||
| n | Positive | Prevalence (CI95) | Positive | Prevalence (CI95) | |
| Sheep | |||||
| With KC | 12 | 4 | 33.3% (13.8 to 60.9) | 2* | 16.7% (4.7 to 44.8) |
| Without KC | 164 | 30 | 18.3% (13.1 to 24.9) | 6 | 3.7% (1.7 to 7.7) |
| Total | 176 | 34 | 19.3% (14.2 to 25.8) | 8 | 4.5% (2.3 to 8.7) |
| Goats | |||||
| With KC | 2 | 1 | 50.0% (2.6 to 97.4) | 0 | 0% (0 to 65.8) |
| Without KC | 156 | 14 | 9.0% (5.4 to 14.5) | 3 | 1.9% (0.6 to 5.5) |
| Total | 158 | 15 | 9.5% (5.8 to 15.1) | 3 | 1.9% (0.6 to 5.4) |
| Total | 334 | 49 | 14.7% (11.3 to 18.9) | 11 | 3.3% (1.8 to 5.8) |
Summary of samples analysed (n), positives to qPCR (Positive) and prevalence (%) of M. conjunctivae and Chlamydiaceae in eye swabs of small domestic ruminants from the Central Karakoram National Park area, showed by ruminant species and by ocular clinical signs (KC)
*These two sheep were also positive to M. conjunctivae
KC, keratoconjunctivitis