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Table 1 Characterization of the horses screened for interfering antibodies by disease category

From: Prevalence of heterophilic antibodies in serum samples from horses in an equine hospital, and elimination of interference using chicken IgY

Disease category Positive samples (n = 11) % Negative samples (n = 116) % Total (n = 127)
Bone, muscle and joint 4 21.1 15 78.9 19
Digestive tract 2 3.9 49 96.1 51
Infection/inflammation 2 9.5 19 90.5 21
Neoplastic disease 1 16.7 5 83.3 6
Neurologic disease 0 0 4 100 4
Reproductive disease 0 0 5 100 5
Respiratory disease 0 0 3 100 3
Skin disease 1 10 9 90 10
Other 1 16.7 5 83.3 6
SUM 11 8.7 116 91.3 127
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