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Table 2 Overview of collected samples in 19 case herds with at least one clinical case caused by Mycoplasma bovis within a three-month-period prior to the first herd visit

From: Mycoplasma bovis infections in Swiss dairy cattle: a clinical investigation

 

Samples tested visit 1

Samples tested visit 2

Additional samples (positive)

 

Milk

Nasal swabs

Milk

Nasal swabs

Case herd ID

No

PCR pos.

No

PCR pos.

No

PCR pos.

No

PCR pos.

Milk (visit 1-visit 2)

Lung

Mammary gland

1

28

3

3

1

25

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

46

1 (4)*

8

0

37

0

0

0

3

0

1

3

8

1

3

1

9

0

3

0

0

0

0

4

46

1

10

0

42

0

5

0

0

0

0

5

44

1

10

8

45

0

8

5

1

2

1

6

32

0

4

1

36

0

2

0

0

1

0

7

19

1

2

1

19

0

5

1

1

0

1

8

63

1

0

0

62

0

8

7

0

0

0

9

34

0

16

4

40

0

11

5

0

0

0

10

60

4

9

4

57

0

4

0

10

0

0

11

33

0

12

2

38

0

8

0

0

0

0

12

50

3

13

7

40

0

7

1

0

0

1

13

87

0

6

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

14

49

2

3

3

38

0

3

0

0

0

0

15

19

0

16

6

20

0

8

1

0

0

0

16

15

0

7

1

17

0

5

4

0

0

0

17

52

0

5

1

49

0

8

1

0

1

0

18

20

0

7

1

16

0

8

1

0

0

0

19

37

0 (1)*

4

0

40

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

742

18

138

44

630

0

93

26

19

5

4

  1. *Number of samples analyzed shortly before the first herd visit in two different external diagnostic laboratories (Suisselab AG, Zollikofen, Switzerland, Department for Clinical Microbiology and Infection Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria).