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Table 2 Comparison of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis fecal shedding status as determined by fecal culture using standard and extended incubation times, and fecal PCR, in dairy goats sampled in Ontario, Canada in 2010–2011

From: Evaluation of fecal culture and fecal RT-PCR to detect Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis fecal shedding in dairy goats and dairy sheep using latent class Bayesian modeling

  

Fecal PCR positive

Fecal PCR negative

Total

Standard Incubation Time (49 days)

Fecal culture positive

30 (5.2 %)

54 (9.3 %)

57 (9.8 %)

Fecal culture negative

66 (11.4 %)

457 (78.8 %)

523 (90.2 %)

Total

96 (16.6 %)

484 (83.4 %)

580

Extended Incubation Time (240 days)

Fecal culture positive

35 (6.0 %)

71 (12.2 %)

106 (18.3 %)

Fecal culture negative

61 (10.5 %)

413 (71.2 %)

474 (81.7 %)

Total

96 (16.6 %)

484 (83.4 %)

580