Table 1.
Percentage of C. burnetii positive farms by federal state and apparent herd-level prevalence of all examined farms (for four different definitions of positive herd status)
| Federal state | Number of farms sampled n |
ELISA positive farms n (%) |
qPCR positive farms n (%) |
ELISA and qPCR positive farms n (%) |
ELISA and/or qPCR positive farms n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage and number of farms tested positive per federal state | |||||
| SH | 12 | 2 (16.7) | – | – | 2 (16.7) |
| LS | 11 | 1 (9.1) | 1 (9.1) | – | 2 (18.2) |
| NRW | 12 | 2 (16.7) | – | – | 2 (16.7) |
| BAV | 22 | 6 (27.3) | 4 (18.2) | 3 (13.6) | 7 (31.8) |
| BW | 14 | 9 (64.3) | 5 (35.7) | 3 (21.4) | 11 (78.6) |
| Apparent herd-level prevalence | |||||
| Total | 71 | 20 (28.2) | 10 (14.1) | 6 (8.5) | 24 (33.8) |
Federal states: SH = Schleswig-Holstein; LS = Lower Saxony; NRW = North Rhine-Westphalia; BAV = Bavaria; BW = Baden-Wuerttemberg.