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Table 1 Yearly distribution of total and real-time PCR-positive environmental swabs collected from trucks before and after cleaning and disinfection operations

From: The role of transportation in the spread of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae in fattening farms

Year

Before cleaning

After cleaning

Farmsa

Total

Positive

%

Total

Positive

%

Total

Positive

%

2012

247

6

2.43%

174

0

0.00%

134

6

4.48%

2013

110

1

0.91%

86

0

0.00%

72

1

1.39%

2014

89

4

4.49%

76

2

2.63%

70

4

5.71%

2015

530

50

9.43%

427

2

0.47%

264

37

14.02%

TOT

976

61

6.25%

763

4

0.52%

540

48

8.89%

  1. aNumber of farms from which the pigs transported by trucks originated