Table 6 Compilation of the PCR, sequencing, and microarray results from the rectal swabs of the unvaccinated flocks
From: High frequency of chlamydial co-infections in clinically healthy sheep flocks
| Â | Chlamydiaceae | Chlamydiaceaespecies identification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | detection method [# positive vs. # tested sample] | detection method [# positive vs. # tested sample] | species detected$ | ||||||||
flock # | 23 S RT PCR§ | nested PCR | positive rectal swabs | species-specific RT PCR | sequencing CHOMP | DNA microarray | ps | pc | ab | m |  |
1 | 1/11 | 7/11 | 8/11 | 8/11 | - | 1/11 | 1 | - | - | 7 | ab,ps,pc |
2 | 0/11 | 2/11 | 2/11 | 1/11 | 2/11 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ps,pc |
3 | 1/11 | 2/11 | 3/11 | 3/11 | 1/11 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | ab,ps |
4 | 3/11 | 0/11 | 3/11 | 3/11 | - | 1/11 | - | - | 1 | 2 | ab,ps |
5 | 7/11 | 0/11 | 7/11 | 7/11 | - | 1/11 | - | - | 2 | 5 | ab,ps,pc |
6 | 3/11 | 0/11 | 3/11 | 3/11 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | pc |
7 | 0/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ps |
8 | 1/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | pc |
9 | neg. | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10 | 0/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ab |
11 | 0/11 | 2/11 | 2/11 | 2/11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ab,pc |
12 | neg. | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
14 | 1/11 | 0/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | pc |
15 | neg. | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
16 | 1/11 | 3/11 | 4/11 | 3/11 | 1/11 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | ab,pc |
17 | 9/11 | 1/11 | 11/11 | 11/11 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | ab,pc |
18 | neg. | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
20 | neg. | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
21 | 0/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | pc |
22 | neg. | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
23 | 0/11 | 2/11 | 3/11 | 1/11 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | ab |
24 | neg. | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
25 | 1/11 | 1/11 | 2/11 | 2/11 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | pc |
26 | neg. | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
27 | neg. | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
29 | 1/11 | 0/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | pc |
32 | neg. | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
33 | 2/11 | 3/11 | 4/11 | 3/11 | 1/11 | - | - | - | 4 | - | ab |
34 | 0/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ab |
35 | 0/11 | 2/11 | 2/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | - | - | - | 2 | - | ab |
37 | 1/11 | 0/11 | 1/11 | 1/11 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | pc |
40 | neg. | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |