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Number and type of clinical samples used in assay validation.
| Samples Collected during LSD Outbreak in 2016 | |
| 1. Skin biopsy | 94 |
| 2. Blood | 31 |
| 3. Nasal swabs | 17 |
| 4. Milk | 2 |
| 5. Flies | 7 |
| 6. Environmental swabs | 12 |
| Samples Collected during Prior Outbreak (2014) and after the Outbreak (2017) | |
| 7. DNA of internal organs originating from cattle taken in 2014 | 40 |
| 8. Blood of animals vaccinated in 2017 | 40 |
| Total | 243 |
