Specificity of serological test for detection of tuberculosis in cattle, goats, sheep and pigs under different epidemiological situations

Table 1 Number, origin and characteristics of serum samples tested with the P22 ELISA

	Norway						Spain
	N of herds	N of sampled animals	Average of animals per herd ± SD	MAP vaccination	Last skin test (month before the study)	TB Status of the herd	N of herds	N of sampled animals	Average of animals per herd ± SD	MAP vaccination	Last skin test (month before the study)	TB Status of the herd
Cattle	212	500	66.3 ± 64.5 ¹	NO	–	TB-free	9	1014	112.6 ± 94.7	NO	3	TB-free since 2012
Goat	50	100	144.7 ± 84.4 ²	YES**	–	TB-free	2	123	61.5 ± 9.2	YES	11/1*	Historically TB-free
Sheep	82	100	102.6 ± 70.0 ³	NO	–	TB-free	1	395	395	NO	–	No precedents
Pigs	18	100	825 ± 1221 ⁴	Not applicable	–	TB-free	2	100	50 ± 0	Not applicable	–	No precedents

* Herd 1 eleven months (historically TB-free herd) and herd 2 one month (TB-free region)
** 64 samples from non-vaccinated herds and 36 samples from herds where goats might have been vaccinated against MAP
¹ Based on data from the Register of production subsidies as of 31 July 2015 for 201 of the herds
² Based on data from the Register of production subsidies as of 31 July 2015 for 47 of the herds
³ Based on data from the Register of production subsidies as of 31 July 2015 for 79 of the herds
⁴ Based on data from the Register of production subsidies as of January 2014 for 14 of the herds

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