Table 3.
Description of deer samples that tested positive for Pestivirus antibodies.
| Sample | Species | Sampling Month | Sex | Age | Location | Anti-Pestivirus ELISA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serum | Plasma | ||||||||
| Result | %INH a | Result | %INH a | ||||||
| 1 | Fallow | June | F | Ad | New South Wales | WP | 65 | Neg | - |
| 2 | Fallow | June | F | Ad | New South Wales | SP | 91.9 | SP | 91.4 |
| 3 | Fallow | June | F | Ad | New South Wales | WP | 73.7 | WP | 57.4 |
| 4 | Fallow | June | F | Yrl | New South Wales | WP | 73.6 | WP | 59.0 |
| 5 | Fallow | June | F | Ad | New South Wales | WP | 61.6 | WP | 67.0 |
| 6 | Fallow | August | M | Ad | New South Wales | WP | 71.6 | WP | 67.1 |
| 7 | Fallow | August | M | Ad | New South Wales | SP | 80.1 | WP | 79.4 |
| 8 | Fallow | August | M | Ad | New South Wales | SP | 84.4 | SP | 83.3 |
| 9 | Fallow | August | M | Ad | New South Wales | SP | 87.2 | SP | 80.1 |
| 10 | Fallow | August | M | Ad | New South Wales | SP | 87.2 | WP | 78.9 |
| 11 | Rusa | February | ND | ND | New South Wales | WP | 51.8 | NS | - |
| 12 | Rusa | October | F | Ad | New South Wales | Neg | - | WP | 60.1 |
| 13 | Fallow | June | M | Ad | Australian Capital Territory | NS | - | WP | 56.4 |
a %INH: percentage of inhibition obtained by ELISA; ND: no data, F: female, M: male, Ad: adult, Yrl: yearling; WP: weak positive, SP: strong positive, NS: no sample, Neg: negative.