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. 2000 Dec;38(12):4402–4407. doi: 10.1128/jcm.38.12.4402-4407.2000

TABLE 3.

Test results with sera and feces of three active and two passive carriers of serovar Dublin after they were housed individually

Farm Animal ELISA titer range
Bacteriological examination
LPS GP GM-DAS Feces Milk
A 3858 400–6,400 400–3,200 40–80 +++a +−e
3863 800–3,200 800–3,200 80–160 +++a +−e
B 2201 400–6,400 400–1,600 20–80 +++b f
2205 <100–400 <100–100 <10 −−−c
2492 <100–100 <100–100 <10 +−−d
a

10,000 to 10,000,000 CFU/g of feces. 

b

1 to 1,000,000 CFU/g of feces. 

c

No positive fecal culture. 

d

Intermittent positive fecal culture (<10,000 CFU/g of feces) during the first 3 weeks of individual housing. 

e

Intermittent positive culture (<10,000 CFU/ml of milk). 

f

—, no milk production (yearlings).