Table 1.

Results of the detection of specific antibodies against SBV using ELISA and the results of SBV RNA detection in spleen and serum samples from Slovenian wild ruminants using real‐time RT‐PCR

Species (No. and sex; median age)	ELISA	Real‐time RT‐PCR
	Serum	Spleen	Serum
	No. positive (%)/No. tested	No. positive/No. tested	No. positive/No. tested
Roe deer (51 ♂, 78 ♀; 2)	25 (19.4)/129	0/25	0/104
Red deer (40 ♂, 73 ♀; 3)	22 (19.5)/113	0/22	0/91
Chamois (16 ♂, 13 ♀; 2)	3 (10.3)/29	0/3	0/26
Mouflon (3 ♂, 7 ♀; 2)	1 (10)/10	0/1	0/9
Total	51 (18.1)/281	0/51	0/230