Table 3.

Immunoblot results of the 11 animals of which both serum and whole blood (or a blood clot) was available. Band intensity was rated as follows: 0 = not visible, (1) = faint, 1 = weak, 2 = moderate, 3 = strong.

Lungworm infection status	Sample	Blot result			Comments	Sampling year
		MSP	GST-MSP	GST
Presumed negative	serum	(1)	(1)	(1)	neonate, no infection diagnosed at necropsy	2000
	whole blood	(1)	(1)	(1)
Presumed negative	serum	0	(1)	0	neonate, no infection diagnosed at necropsy	2002
	whole blood	(1)	(1)	0
Presumed negative	serum	0	1	2	neonate, no infection diagnosed at necropsy	2016
	whole blood	0	(1)	1
Presumed negative	serum	(1)	2	1	neonate, no infection diagnosed at necropsy	2018
	whole blood	0	(1)	2
Presumed negative	serum	0	0	0	juvenile, no infection diagnosed, biannual antiparasitic treatment	1999
	whole blood	0	0	0
Presumed negative	serum	1	2	1	juvenile, no infection diagnosed	2013
	whole blood	0	1	1
Positive	serum	1	2	2	adult, positive bronchoscopy	2013
	whole blood	1	1	1
Positive	serum	0	(1)	0	adult, mild infection at necropsy	2000
	whole blood	0	(1)	0
Positive	serum	1	(1)	2	adult, moderate infection at necropsy	2016
	whole blood	(1)	(1)	1
Positive	serum	1	0	1	adult, moderate infection at necropsy	2017
	blood clot	0	(1)	0
Unknown	serum	(1)	(1)	(1)	juvenile, no lung infection at necropsy, mild infection of peribullar sinuses	2000
	blood clot	0	(1)	0