Table 4. Results of an age-structured serosurvey conducted in small ruminants from 6 resident herds and 22 nomadic herds of Younoufere area, Ferlo, Senegal, August 2015-May 2016.
Age | Dentition | IgG Positive/Tested (proportion) [IgM Positive/Tested] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Resident herds | Short-range nomads | Long-range nomads | ||
0–1 year | Milk teeth | 1/35 (0.03) [0/1] | 2/61 (0.03) [1/2] | 6/91 (0.07) [1/6] |
1–2 years | 2 teeth | 2/36 (0.06) [0/2] | 2/39 (0.05) [1/2] | 3/56 (0.05) [1/3] |
2–3 years | 4 teeth | 8/35 (0.23) [0/8] | 13/57 (0.23) [4/12a] | 0/30 |
3–4 years | 6 teeth | 4/35 (0.11) [0/4] | 9/43 (0.21) [0/9] | 8/36 (0.22) [0/8] |
4–5 years | 8 teeth | 10/39 (0.26) [0/10] | 7/46 (0.15) [2/7] | 9/42 (0.21) [2/9] |
>5 years | >8 teeth | 9/42 (0.18) [0/9] | 4/32 (0.12) [0/3a] | 9/57 (0.16) [2/9] |
Total | 34/222 (0.15) [0/34] | 37/278 (0.13) [8/35] | 35/312 (0.12) [6/35] |
a Because of the lack of serum, one IgG-positive serum could not be tested for IgM.