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Table 3 List of animals used in this study for evaluation of the diagnostic performance of the TaqMan probe based real time PCR assays

From: Development and validation of TaqMan probe based real time PCR assays for the specific detection of genotype A and B small ruminant lentivirus strains

Farm identification

Animal species

No of animals

No (%) of seropositive animals

Collection date

Phylogenetic classification of SRLV strains*1

Farm 1

goats

112

99 (88.4%)

January 2008

Genotype B/B1

Farm 2

goats

104

40 (38.5%)

October 2008

Genotype A/A14 and B/B1

Farm 28

sheep

18

/*4

March 2011

/

Farm 29

goats

20

/*4

March 2011

/

Farm 30

sheep

5

/*4

March 2011

/

Farm 31

sheep/goats*2

36/3

4 (10.3%)

March 2011

Genotype A/A15

Farm 35

sheep

109

58 (53.2%)

April 2011

Genotype A/A5

Farm 36

sheep/goats*3

70/0

39 (55.7%)

April 2011

Genotype A/A5

Farm 37

goats

90

83 (92.2%)

April 2011

Genotype B/B1 and A

  1. *1 according to Kuhar et al.[15].
  2. *2 goats were seronegative.
  3. *3 goats were not sampled.
  4. *4 all animals were seronegative.