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Table 3 Summary of laboratory results from flocks with suspected chlamydial arthritis

From: Clinical, diagnostic and pathologic features of presumptive cases of Chlamydia pecorum-associated arthritis in Australian sheep flocks

Laboratory Test

Result

Flock 1

Flock 2

FIock 3

Flock 4

Flock 5

N = 10

N = 6

N = 30

N = 22

N = 101

Chlamydia CFT

Positive

7

6

4

7

31

Negative

3

0

26

15

70

Conjunctival qPCR

Positive

10

5

1

0

11

Negative

0

0

29

22

90

Rectal qPCR

Positive

10

5

9

1

2

Negative

0

1

21

21

99

Vaginal qPCR

Positive

7

2

0

0

2

Negative

0

3

16

14

50

E. rhusiopathiae joint culture

Positive

–

–

1

–

–

Negative

–

–

1

–

–