Table 1.

Origin (Sicilian province), breed, number of sampled animals, percentage of serologically MV positive animals for each sampled sheep flock.

Flock	Province *	Breed **	Sampled Animal (n)	Serological MV Positive Animals (%)	TMEM154 Allele Frequencies
					E	K
1	AG	VDB	61	12 (20%)	0.81	0.19
2	AG	VDB	39	17 (44%)	0.82	0.18
3	TP	VDB	62	0	0.86	0.14
4	PA	VDB	93	45 (48%)	0.97	0.03
5	PA	COM	63	41 (65%)	0.58	0.42
6	EN	COM	13	0	0.77	0.23
7	AG	COM	4	0	0.63	0.38
8	EN	COM	12	0	0.54	0.46
9	AG	BAR	6	0	0.33	0.67
10	AG	BAR	4	0	0.50	0.50
11	CL	BAR	16	1 (6%)	0.56	0.44
12	ME	PIN	19	1 (5%)	0.50	0.50
13	ME	PIN	20	0	0.63	0.38
14	ME	PIN	14	0	0.71	0.29
15	ME	PIN	16	0	0.53	0.47

* Province: Agrigento (AG), Enna (EN), Caltanissetta (CL), Trapani (TP), Palermo (PA), Messina (ME). ** Breeds: Valle del Belìce (VDB), Comisana (COM), Barbaresca (BAR), Pinzirita (PIN).