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. 2021 Dec 3;16(12):e0252973. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252973

Table 2. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) detected in milk and extramammary body sites of camels from six herds in Laikipia, Kenya, November 2019.

Herd Adults Calves Total GBS isolates
Milk samples Vaginal samples Nasal samples Nasal samples Oral Samples Rectal samples
A 2/12 0/22 5/22 n/a1 0/26 2/26 9
B 4/14 0/23 3/23 3/23 1/23 1/23 12
C 1/9 0/19 3/19 4/19 0/19 0/19 8
D 3/10 0/11 4/11 1/9 0/9 0/9 8
E 0/3 0/7 4/7 3/8 2/8 0/8 9
F 0/2 0/6 5/6 3/5 4/5 0/5 12
Total 10/50 0/88 24/88 14/64 7/90 3/90 58/470
Prevalence 20% 0% 27% 22% 8% 3% 12%

(GBS-positive samples/total number of samples, with prevalence expressed as % for column totals).

1No nasal swabs were collected from calves in herd A.