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Table 2 Wild rodents and feral cats tested for Lawsonia intracellularis (LI) from eight horse farms with known occurrences of equine proliferative enteropathy

From: Lawsonia intracellularis in the feces of wild rodents and stray cats captured around equine farms

Farm ID

Total no. of samples (positive/total)

Sampling period (start-end)

Family

Species

Common name

No. of samples (positive/total)

A

2/15 (13.3%)

January 2011

Muridae

Rattus norvegicus caraco Pallas

Brown Rat

2/5

 

-

 

Apodemus agrarius

Striped Field Mouse

0/5

February 2011

Cricetidae

Myodes rufocanus

Grey Red-backed Vole

0/3

 

Sciuridae

Pteromys volans

Eurasian Flying Squirrel

0/1

Felidae

Felis catus

Feral Cat

0/1

B

0/8 (0%)

December 2012

Muridae

Rattus norvegicus caraco Pallas

Brown Rat

0/3

-

 

Mus musculus

House Mouse

0/2

February 2013

Pteromys volans

Eurasian Flying Squirrel

0/1

Felidae

Felis catus

Feral Cat

0/2

C

2/17 (11.8%)

September 2011

Muridae

Rattus norvegicus caraco Pallas

Brown Rat

0/1

-

 

Mus musculus

House Mouse

1/6

October 2011

Apodemus agrarius

Striped Field Mouse

0/4

Cricetidae

Myodes rufocanus

Grey Red-backed Vole

0/4

Sciuridae

Sciurus vulgaris coreae

Eurasian Red Squirrel

0/1

Felidae

Felis catus

Feral Cat

1/1

D

0/10 (0%)

February 2013

Muridae

Mus musculus

House Mouse

0/7

-

Cricetidae

Myodes rufocanus

Grey Red-backed Vole

0/2

April 2013

Felidae

Felis catus

Feral Cat

0/1

E

1/13 (7.7%)

November 2012

Muridae

Mus musculus

House Mouse

1/2

-

 

Apodemus agrarius

Striped Field Mouse

0/6

January 2013

Cricetidae

Myodes rufocanus

Grey Red-backed Vole

0/4

Sciuridae

Sciurus vulgaris coreae

Eurasian Red Squirrel

0/1

F

4/16 (25.0%)

December 2012

Muridae

Rattus norvegicus caraco Pallas

Brown Rat

1/2

-

 

Mus musculus

House Mouse

2/7

January 2013

 

Apodemus agrarius

Striped Field Mouse

0/4

Cricetidae

Myodes rufocanus

Grey Red-backed Vole

0/1

Felidae

Felis catus

Feral Cat

1/2

G

4/26 (15.4%)

January 2011

Muridae

Rattus norvegicus caraco Pallas

Brown Rat

0/4

-

 

Mus musculus

House Mouse

1/7

February 2011

 

Apodemus agrarius

Striped Field Mouse

1/6

Cricetidae

Myodes rufocanus

Grey Red-backed Vole

1/5

Sciuridae

Sciurus vulgaris coreae

Eurasian Red Squirrel

0/1

Felidae

Felis catus

Feral Cat

1/3

H

3/26 (11.5%)

February 2013

Muridae

Rattus norvegicus caraco Pallas

Brown Rat

0/6

-

 

Mus musculus

House Mouse

2/8

April 2013

 

Apodemus agrarius

Striped Field Mouse

0/6

Cricetidae

Myodes rufocanus

Grey Red-backed Vole

1/3

Felidae

Felis catus

Feral Cat

0/3