Table 5.
The distribution of 15 BTMs and 8 individual milk (MIF) samples, based on the types of MAP identified therein by strain-typing analysis and H-MELISA-L3P/L5P positivity/negativity.
| Sample Number | Strain Type | H-MELISA L3P (Cutoff = 0.8895) 1 (Cutoff = 0.406) 2 |
H-MELISA L5P (Cutoff = 0.59925) 3 (Cutoff = 0.513) 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6B | C-type | 1.092 | 0.5795 |
| 10B | C-type | 0.5545 | 0.597 |
| 12B | Unknown | 0.627 | 0.7505 |
| 13B | S-type | 0.3865 | 0.9265 |
| 14B | C-type | 0.433 | 0.882 |
| 18B | bison | 0.7075 | 0.6585 |
| 19B | bison | 0.89 | 0.5605 |
| 20B | S-type | 0.822 | 0.842 |
| 23B | C-type | 0.978 | 0.885 |
| 28B | C-type | 0.978 | 1.311 |
| 29B | bison | 0.865 | 0.729 |
| 31B | S-type | 0.79 | 0.776 |
| 33B | S-type | 0.9015 | 0.6215 |
| 79B | C-type | 0.755 | 0.503 |
| 82B | C-type | 1.006 | 0.533 |
| 7V | S-type | 0.4725 | 0.161 |
| 62V | S-type | 0.509 | 0.5155 |
| 64V | bison | 0.4445 | 0.312 |
| 65V | C-type | 0.926 | 0.6175 |
| 72V | S-type | 0.418 | 0.2535 |
| 76 V | S-type | 0.175 | 0.3845 |
| 83V | S-type | 1.062 | 0.7985 |
| 93V | S-type | 0.2025 | 0.2145 |
1,2 Optical densities of 0.8895 and 0.406 were adjusted as the cutoffs corresponding H-MELISA L3P positivity at the BTM (B) and individual (V) levels respectively. 3,4 Optical densities of 0.59925 and 0.513 were adjusted as the cutoffs corresponding H-MELISA-L5P positivity at BTM (B) and MIF (V) levels respectively.