Table 9 Chlamydial species detected in ovine afterbirths and foetus/foetal/pharyngeal swabs
From: High frequency of chlamydial co-infections in clinically healthy sheep flocks
Chlamydiaceae | Chlamydiaceaespecies identification | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | detection method [# positive vs. # tested sample] | detection method [# positive vs. # tested sample] | detected species$ | ||||||||
|  | 23 S RT PCR§ | nested PCR | afterbirths | foetus/ foetal swab& | species- specific RT-PCR | sequencing CHOMP | DNA microarray |  | |||
flock # | a | fs | a | fs | Â | Â | a | fs | Â | Â | Â |
2 | 0/9 | - | 1/9 | - | 1/9 | - | 1/9 | - | 1/9 | - | ps |
3 | 1/12 | 3/4 | 6/12 | 4/4 | 6/12 | 4/4 | 2/12 | 4/4 | 4/12 | 1/4 | 5x ps; 1x-; 2x ab; 2x ab/ps |
5 | 3/3 | 4/4 | - | 4/4 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 3/3 | 4/4 | - | - | ab |
7 | 0/9 | - | 1/9 | - | 1/9 | - | 1/9 | - | - | - | ps |
10 | 0/3 | - | - | - | 0/3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
12 | 0/2 | - | - | - | 0/2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
13* | 0/11 | - | - | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
17 | 2/3 | - | 1/3 | - | 3/3 | - | 2/3 | - | 1/3 | - | ab |
19* | 0/1 | - | - | - | 0/1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
28* | 1/1 | - | - | - | 1/1 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 2/2 | - | 1/4 | ab |
32 | 0/4 | - | - | - | 0/4 | - | Â | - | - | - | - |
33 | 2/11 | - | - | - | 2/11 | - | 2/11 | - | - | - | ab |
34 | 0/1 | - | - | - | 0/1 | - | Â | - | - | - | - |
37 | 0/2 | - | - | - | 0/2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |