Table 4 Number of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus positive fomite swabs prior to contact with pigs in the respective groups and mean (±SD) cycle threshold RT-PCR values for positive samples
Group | Swab | Movement day | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st study | 2nd study | ||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Negative | Bouffant cap, hair, face area | (0/5)a | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/4) | (0/4) | (0/4) |
Coverall | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/4) | (0/4) | (0/4) | |
Hands | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/4) | (0/4) | (0/4) | |
Boots | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/4) | (0/4) | (0/4) | |
LB | Bouffant cap, hair, face area | (3/5) (31.58 ± 1.03) b | (2/5) (33.62 ± 0.16) | (5/5) (32.66 ± 1.58) | (0/1) | (1/1) (31.62) | (1/1) (33.58) |
Coverall | (5/5) (26.16 ± 3.17) | (5/5) (29.28 ± 2.22) | (5/5) (27.96 ± 3.96) | (1/1) (33.40) | (1/1) (29.27) | (1/1) (24.60) | |
Used gloves | (5/5) (28.81 ± 3.83) | (4/5) (28.01 ± 2.98) | (5/5) (28.76 ± 2.21) | (0/1) | (1/1) (28.03) | (1/1) (30.01) | |
Boots | (5/5) (26.30 ± 4.44) | (5/5) (27.42 ± 6.22) | (5/5) (24.51 ± 3.94) | (0/1) | (1/1) (28.74) | (1/1) (28.54) | |
MB | Bouffant cap, hair, face area | (2/5) (30.75 ± 0.93) | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/3) | (0/3) | (0/3) |
Coverall | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/3) | (0/3) | (0/3) | |
Hands | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/3) | (0/3) | (0/3) | |
Boots | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/3) | (0/3) | (0/3) | |
HB | Bouffant cap, hair, face area | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/5) | |||
Coverall | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/5) | ||||
Hands | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/5) | ||||
Boots | (0/5) | (0/5) | (0/5) | ||||