Table 1 Description of post-mortem tissue samples collected at RVLs
Calf ID | Tissue types collected | Preservation method | Age (months) | Sex | Breed | County of farm of origin | RVL location | Lesions observed | Histology | RVL diagnosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | lung | frozen | 6 | F | SIX | Donegal | Sligo | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia (BRSV suspected) |
2 | lung | frozen | 1 | M | FRX | Donegal | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia and enteritis |
3 | lung | frozen | 12 | M | PTX | Donegal | Sligo | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - IBR and M. bovis |
4 | lung | frozen | 12 | M | BBX | Donegal | Sligo | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - IBR and M. bovis |
5 | lung | frozen | 7 | M | CHX | Donegal | Sligo | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - H. somni |
6 | lung | frozen | 6 | F | CHX | Leitrim | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia - M. haemolytica and BPIV-3 virus |
7 | lung and lymph node | frozen | 1 | F | LM | Sligo | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia and navel infection - M. bovis, Pseudomonas spp. |
8 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 8 | M | FR | Leitrim | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia - T. pyrogenes |
9 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 0 | M | RBX | Donegal | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia - IBR, H. somni, T. pyrogenes |
10 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 3.5 | M | FR | Leitrim | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia- P. multocida andS. dublin |
11 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 2.5 | F | LM | Sligo | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia |
12 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 0 | F | CHX | Carlow | Kilkenny | ✓ | x | Pneumonia |
13 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 3 | F | AAX | Galway | Athlone | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - M. haemolytica |
14 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 2 | F | LMX | Westmeath | Athlone | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia and bacteraemia-P. multocida |
15 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 0 | F | AAX | Offaly | Athlone | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - IBR and necroticlaryngitis |
16 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 0 | F | AAX | Offaly | Athlone | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia and pleurisy -Pasteurella spp., IBR and BRSV |
17 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 0 | M | CHX | Longford | Athlone | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia and rotavirusenteritis |
18 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 1 | M | CHX | Roscommon | Athlone | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia and navel ill -T. pyogenes (suspected virus and Pasteurella) |
19 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 0 | M | WAX | Waterford | Kilkenny | ✓ | x | Pneumonia and rotavirus enteritis |
20 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 1.5 | F | FR | Tipperary | Kilkenny | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - H. somni andM. bovis |
21 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 3 | M | LM | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - H. somni andM. bovis |
22 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 0 | F | CHX | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - P. multocida /H. somni bronchopneumonia |
23 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 0 | M | LMX | Laois | Kilkenny | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - H. somni bronchopneumonia |
24 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 3 | M | LMX | Sligo | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia |
25 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 2 | M | CH | Mayo | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia - Proteus spp. |
26 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 3 | F | CHX | Leitrim | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia - Endocarditis, enzootic pneumonia, inhalation pneumonia |
27 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 1.5 | F | LMX | Sligo | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia - IBR |
28 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 1.5 | F | AAX | Sligo | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia - IBR and Proteus spp. |
29 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 12 | M | CHX | Donegal | Sligo | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - (possible IBR) and meningitis |
30 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 1 | M | AA | Sligo | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia - M. bovis |
31 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 2.5 | F | LMX | Donegal | Sligo | ✓ | x | Pneumonia - M. bovis |
32 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 3 | F | LMX | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - interstitial pneumonia |
33 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 2.5 | M | FR | Laois | Kilkenny | ✓ | x | Pneumonia - P. multocida |
34 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 5 | M | AAX | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - P. multocida, T. pyrogenes chronic bronchopneumonia |
35 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 4.5 | F | LMX | Sligo | Sligo | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - Pasteurellosis |
36 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 1 | M | CHX | Longford | Athlone | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - suppurative bronchial pneumonia. |
37 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 1.5 | M | CHX | Galway | Athlone | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - M. haemolytica |
38 | lung and lymph node | RNALater | 3.5 | F | AAX | Offaly | Athlone | ✓ | ✓ | Pneumonia - H. somni, M. bovis, M. haemolytica, P. multocida, T. pyogenes |