Table 1.
Detection of common enteric pathogens in fecal specimens from 18 seriously ill calves during a diarrhea outbreak on a farm in Jiangsu, China using an enzymatic immunoassay (EIA) test and PCR.
| Specimen | Age (weeks) | EIA test |
Cryptosporidium PCR at the ssrRNA locus | Cryptosporidium sp. | C. parvum subtype | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotavirus | Coronavirus | Escherichia coli K99 | Cryptosporidium | |||||
| 23151 | 2 | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| 23152 | 2 | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| 23153 | 2 | − | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23154 | 2 | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| 23155 | 2 | + | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23156 | 2 | + | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23157 | 2 | + | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23158 | 2 | − | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23159 | 2 | + | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23160 | 2 | + | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23161 | 2 | − | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23162 | 2 | − | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23163 | 2 | − | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23164 | 2 | − | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23165 | 2 | − | − | − | − | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23166 | 2 | − | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23167 | 2 | − | − | − | + | + | C. parvum | IIdA19G1 |
| 23168 | 1 | − | − | − | − | + | C. parvum | − |
+, positive; −, negative.