Table 1.
Estimated herd-level seroprevalence and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) for brucellosis and Q fever by production type.
| Production type | Number of herds sampled | Number of individual samples | Number of positive herds - Seroprevalence (95%CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q fever | Brucellosis | |||
| Overall | 143 | 530 | 13 11.4% (7.3–17.3) |
7 4.8% (2.3–9.5) |
| Beef cattle | 117 | 319 | 5 4.3% (1.8–9.6) |
3 2.6% (0.9–7.3) |
| Dairy cattle | 11 | 69 | 3 27.3% (9.7–56.6) |
– |
| Small ruminants | 15 | 142 | 5 33.3% (15.2–58.3) |
2 13.3% (3.7–37.9) |
| Goats | 12 | 114 | 4 33.3% (13.8–60.9) |
1 8.3% (1.5–35.4) |
| Sheep | 3 | 28 | 1 33.3% (6.15–79.2) |
1 33.3% (6.2–79.2) |