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Table 1 Summary of the sampled flocks and collected samples

From: High frequency of chlamydial co-infections in clinically healthy sheep flocks

    

# of samples taken

flock

#

flock size

(ewes)

vaccine

Status

abortion rate

(%)§

1st serum

d1/2

p.p.

2nd

serum

d21

p.p.

vaginal swab/

PCR

vaginal swab/

culture

rectal swab

afterbirth

foetus/foetal swab

1

500

-

0

-

29

11

11

11

-

-

2

1000

-

0

29

25

11

11

11

9

-

3

1800

-

< 1

29

27

11

11

11

12

4

4

1300

-

0

29

29

11

11

11

-

-

5

1200

-

3

29

6

11

11

11

3

4

6

500

-

0

29

27

11

11

11

-

-

7

450

-

0

29

25

11

11

11

9

-

8

1100

-

< 1

30

30

11

11

11

-

-

9

1800

-

0

29

29

11

11

11

-

-

10

550

-

0

29

29

11

11

11

3

-

11

700

-

< 1

29

29

11

11

11

-

-

12

330

-

0

30

29

11

11

11

2

-

13*

2500

+

2

30

30

11

11

11

11

-

14

400

-

< 1

29

28

11

11

11

-

-

15

700

-

< 1

29

28

11

11

11

-

-

16

750

-

< 1

29

29

11

11

11

-

-

17

900

-

< 1

29

29

11

11

11

3

-

18

250

-

< 1

29

29

11

11

11

-

-

19*

450

+

< 1

29

27

11

11

11

1

-

20

1000

-

< 1

29

25

11

11

11

-

-

21

500

-

< 1

29

29

11

11

11

-

-

22

406

-

< 1

29

29

11

11

11

-

-

23

700

-

< 1

29

29

11

11

11

-

-

24

700

-

0

29

19

11

11

11

-

-

25

550

-

< 1

29

25

11

11

11

-

-

26

1000

-

1

29

29

11

11

11

-

-

27

317

-

< 1

29

29

11

11

11

-

-

28*

350

+

6

29

29

11

11

11

1

2

29

420

-

0

29

27

11

11

11

-

-

30*

1178

+

< 1

29

25

11

11

11

-

-

31*

500

+

< 1

29

29

11

11

11

-

-

32

120

-

0

29

29

11

11

11

4

-

33

115

-

< 1

29

28

11

11

11

11

-

34

400

-

< 1

29

29

11

11

11

1

-

35

650

-

< 1

29

29

11

11

11

-

-

36*

133

+

0

29

28

11

11

11

-

-

37

377

-

< 1

29

26

11

11

11

2

-

38*

409

+

< 1

29

28

11

11

11

-

-

39**

25

-

0

25

24

11

11

11

  

40

460

-

< 1

29

-

11

11

11

-

-

total

   

1130

1059

440

440

440

72

10

  1. §according to the sheep farmers and the Thuringian sheep health authority
  2. *due to a vaccination history not included in the prevalence study but analysed separately
  3. **excluded from the prevalence study due to flock size