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. 1999 Sep;37(9):2877–2881. doi: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.2877-2881.1999

TABLE 5.

Distribution of contaminants (normal flora) recovered from tonsils of infected herds by the IMS method with PAb IgG-coated beads and the standard procedure

No. of CFU/plate No. (%) of tonsils positive by:
SPa IMS
0 0 (0) 15 (8)
1–30 11 (6) 78 (41)
31–300 21 (11) 68 (35)
>300 160 (83) 31 (16)
a

SP, standard procedure.