Table 2 Number of ovine, caprine, and mixed farms positive by agarose gel immunodiffusion (AGID), polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and ELISA for Brucella ovis in meso-regions of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Meso-regionsa | Positive ovine farms (%)b | Positive caprine farms (%)b | Positive mixed farms (%)b | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AGID | PCR | ELISA | AGID | PCR | ELISA | AGID | PCR | ELISA | |
Jequitinhonha | 20.0 (2/10) | 0.0 (0/10) | 11.1 (1/9) | 0.0 (0/1) | 0.0 (0/1) | 0.0 (0/1) | – | – | – |
Norte de Minas | 0.0 (0/14) | 14.2 (2/14) | 28.5 (4/14) | – | – | – | 7.1 (1/14) | 0.0 (0/14) | 78.5 (11/14) |
Vale do Mucuri | 0.0 (0/8) | 0.0 (0/8) | 12.5 (1/8) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Central Mineira | 0.0 (0/4) | 0.0 (0/4) | 33.3 (1/3) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte | 0.0 (0/2) | 0.0 (0/2) | 0.0 (0/1) | 0.0 (0/3) | 0.0 (0/3) | 0.0 (0/3) | – | – | – |
Oeste de Minas | 25.0 (1/4) | 0.0 (0/4) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Sul/Sudeste de Minas | 0.0 (0/2) | 0.0 (0/2) | 0.0 (0/2) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Triângulo/Alto Paranaíba | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50.0 (1/2) | 0.0 (0/2) | 0.0 (0/2) |
Vale do Rio Doce | 0.0 (0/5) | 0.0 (0/5) | 33.3 (1/3) | – | – | – | 0.0 (0/2) | 0.0 (0/2) | 0.0 (0/2) |
Zona da Mata | 0.0 (0/1) | 0.0 (0/1) | 0.0 (0/1) | 100.0 (1/1) | 0.0 (0/1) | 0.0 (0/1) | – | – | – |
Total | 6.0 (3/50)a,b | 4.0 (2/50) a | 19.5 (8/41)b* | 20.0 (1/5)a | 0.0 (0/5)a | 0.0 (0/5)a | 11.1 (2/18)a | 0.0 (0/18)a | 61.1 (11/18)b** |