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 | ||||
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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.