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Table 3 Number of rams and billy goats 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

From: Serologic and molecular evidence of Brucella ovis infection in ovine and caprine flocks in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Meso-regionsa

Positive rams (%)b

Positive billy goats (%)b

AGID

PCR

ELISA

AGID

PCR

ELISA

Jequitinhonha

15.3 (2/13)

0.0 (0/13)

9.0 (1/11)

0.0 (0/1)

0.0 (0/1)

0.0 (0/1)

Norte de Minas

0.0 (0/66)

6.0 (4/66)

45.4 (25/55)

5.0 (1/20)

0.0 (0/20)

64.7 (11/17)

Vale do Mucuri

0.0 (0/12)

0.0 (0/12)

11.1 (1/9)

Central Mineira

0.0 (0/4)

0.0 (0/4)

33.3 (1/3)

Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte

0.0 (0/4)

0.0 (0/4)

0.0 (0/2)

0.0 (0/5)

0.0 (0/5)

0.0 (0/5)

Oeste de Minas

12.5 (1/8)

0.0 (0/8)

Sul/Sudeste de Minas

0.0 (0/3)

0.0 (0/3)

0.0 (0/3)

Triângulo/Alto Paranaíba

0.0 (0/4)

0.0 (0/4)

0.0 (0/4)

33.3 (1/3)

0.0 (0/3)

0.0 (0/3)

Vale do Rio Doce

0.0 (0/9)

0.0 (0/9)

16.6 (1/6)

0.0 (0/3)

0.0 (0/1)

0.0 (0/3)

Zona da Mata

0.0 (0/1)

0.0 (0/1)

0.0 (0/1)

50.0 (1/2)

0.0 (0/2)

0.0 (0/2)

Total

2.4 (3/124)a

3.2 (4/124)a

30.8 (29/94)b***

8.8 (3/34)a

0.0 (0/32)a

35.4 (11/31)b**

  1. Different letters in same animal species indicate significant differences by Fisher exact test
  2. * P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001
  3. a“Campo das Vertentes” and “Noroeste” meso-regions were not sampled
  4. bData corresponds to percentage, with absolute positive/negative numbers indicated between parenthesis