Table 1.

Samples analyzed by location, age, sex, exploration and animal breeding

Locality	Samples/Herd	Sex	n
São Paulo	33/7	Male	46
Angatuba	1/1	Female	36
Bragança Paulista	1/1	NIa	32
Cotia	2/1	Animal brealing	n
Eldorado	2/2	Dairy cutting	40
Pindamouhangaba	25/1	Dairy fanning	33
Descalvado	2/2	NI	41
Minas Gerais	16/2	Exploration	n
Alpinópolis	8/1	Extensive	21
Silvanópolis	8/1	Intensive	25
Santa Catarina	1/1	Semi‐intensive	3
Jaguaruna	1/1	NIa	65
Bahia	44/2	Age	n
Campo Alegre	11/l	= 1 month	8
ltamarajú	33/l	2‐3 months	27
:Mato Grosso	20/l	4–5 months	5
lpiranga do Norte	20/1	>6 months	36
		NIa	38

^aNI, Not Identified