Table 3.
Detection of Aichivirus B by RT-PCR assay in diarrhoeic faecal samples of calves and adult animals in the Brazilian beef and dairy cattle herds
| Age group | Cattle herds | Animals evaluated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef | Dairy | |||||
| Total | Positives (%) | Total | Positive (%) | Total | Positive (%) | |
| Calves | 68 | 13 (19.1c) | 114 | 25 (21.9c) | 182 | 38 (20.9a)* |
| Adult | 37 | 1 (2.7) | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 40 | 2 (5.0b)* |
| Total | 105 | 14 (13.3d) | 117 | 26 (22.2d) | 222 | 40 (18.2) |
*The same letter in the same line indicates non-significant values and different letters in different lines indicates significant values (P < 0.05)