Table 4.
Results from testing different clinical sample types using the diagnostic infectious bronchitis virus real‐time RT‐PCR assaya
| Species | Sample type | Total number of samples tested | Positive by real‐time RT‐PCR | Positive by virus isolation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | Oropharyngeal and respiratory tract swabs | 102 | 40 | 0 |
| Chicken | Cloacal swab | 94 | 77 | 0 |
| Chicken | Intestinal samples and intestinal contents | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Chicken | Respiratory tract tissue samples | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Chicken | Brain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicken | Caecal tonsils and caecal contents | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Chicken | Mixed tissues | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| Chicken | Kidney | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Turkey | Intestines and intestinal contents | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| Turkey | Caecal contents | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | Sinus swabs | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | Faeces | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | Bursa | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pigeon | Viscera | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pigeon | Intestines | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pheasant | Trachea/lung | 1 | 1 | 0 |
aN.B. For some of the samples tested during this study, information was not available regarding the sample type. These samples have been excluded from this table.