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. 2020 Apr 11;9(4):280. doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040280

Table 4.

Molecular quantification (qPCR) of B. bovis and B. bigemina infection on carrier cattle and buffaloes.

		Neighboring-Herds		Control-Herds
Hemoparasite *	Age Group	Cattle	Buffalo	Cattle	Buffalo
B. bovis (_LogCN/µL)	Adults	8.1 ± 0.3^c	6.6 ± 1.4^ab	8.0 ± 0.0^bc	7.5 ± 1.0^bc
B. bovis (_LogCN/µL)	Calves	8.3 ± 0.3^c	6.7 ± 0.9^a	8.1 ± 0.3^c	7.5 ± 0.1^abc
B. bigemina (_LogCN/µL)	Adults	6.1 ± 0.8^b	5.0 ± 1.0^ab	6.3 ± 1.1^abc	4.8 ± 1.8^ab
B. bigemina (_LogCN/µL)	Calves	9.0 ± 0.7^d	6.5 ± 0.7^ab	8.4 ± 0.7^cd	5.0 ± 0.1^a

* Different letters in the same hemoparasite indicate values significantly different between groups (p ≤ 0.05).