Table 3.
Number and percentage of ELISA and PCR positive animals in 31 herds examined for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
| Herds | Sheep | Goats | Cattle | Camels | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Samples | No. of ELISA Positive (%) | No. of IS900 Positive (%) | No. of Samples | No. of ELISA Positive (%) | No. of IS900 Positive (%) | No. of Samples | No. of ELISA Positive (%) | No. of IS900 Positive (%) | No. of Samples | No. of ELISA Positive (%) | No. of IS900 Positive (%) | |
| 1 | 28 | 6 (21.4) | 10 (35.7) | 38 | 6 (15.8) | 11 (28.9) | 11 | 6 (54.5) | 7 (63.6) | 22 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (9.1) |
| 2 | 11 | 2 (18.2) | 4 (36.4) | 21 | 3 (14.3) | 6 (28.6) | 9 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (22.2) | 31 | 3 (9.7) | 5 (16.1) |
| 3 | 19 | 5 (26.3) | 8 (42.1) | 19 | 7 (36.8) | 5 (26.3) | 8 | 2 (25.0) | 3 (37.5) | 35 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 4 | 32 | 7 (21.9) | 9 (28.1) | 11 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 5 | 6 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 | 2 (18.2) | 4 (36.4) | 10 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (20.0) | 27 | 3 (11.1) | 2 (7.4) |
| 6 | 55 | 12 (21.8) | 16 (29.1) | 23 | 3 (13.0) | 8 (34.8) | 7 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 41 | 6 (14.6) | 8 (19.5) |
| 7 | 47 | 11 (23.4) | 12 (25.5) | - | - | - | 6 | 2 (33.3) | 2 (33.3) | 39 | 10 (25.6) | 6 (15.4) |
| 8 | 22 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | - | - | - | 7 | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | 19 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.3) |
| Total | 220 | 43 (19.5) | 59 (26.8) | 123 | 21 (17.1) | 34 (27.6) | 66 | 13 (19.7) | 20 (30.3) | 240 | 22 (9.1) | 24 (10.0) |