Table 1.

Environmental screening results of dairy and beef herds using culture and direct PCR assays

Province	Herd Type Dairy / Beef	Number of positive herds by Culture / PCR
		Dairya	Beefb
Munster	37/29	2/6	0/3
Leinster	18/12	0/0	0/1
Connacht	9/15	0/1	0/1
Ulster	14/19	2/3	0/0
Totalc	78/75	4/10	0/5

^aThree herds were recorded negative on both culture and PCR

^bOne herd was recorded positive on both culture and PCR

^cAdditional four herds were screened with unknown geographical location