TABLE 4.
Multiplex PCR data derived from 200 fecal samples from four sheep flocks and four cattle herds
| Flock or herd | No. of samples positive for gene(s)a
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | stx1 | eaeA | stx1 + stx2 | stx1 + eaeA | hly | hly + stx1 | hly + stx2 | hly + stx1 + stx2 | hly + eaeA | hly + stx1 + eaeA | hly + stx1 + stx2 + eaeA | Total | |
| Flock 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | |||||
| Flock 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 25 | ||||||
| Flock 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | ||||
| Flock 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 25 | |||||||||
| Herd 1 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | |||||||
| Herd 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 25 | |||||||||
| Herd 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 25 | ||||||
| Herd 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 25 | ||||||||
| 200 | |||||||||||||
a
No samples were positive for stx1 plus stx2 plus eaeA.