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Table 5 Country of origin, number of samples, clinical disease manifestation, age group of cattle sampled, number of farms sampled, year of collection as well as prevalence area categorisation based on anticipated M. bovis seroprevalence for the 180 serum samples used in this study

From: A European inter-laboratory trial to evaluate the performance of three serological methods for diagnosis of Mycoplasma bovis infection in cattle using latent class analysis

Country

Number of samples

Clinical signs

Age

Number of farms

Year(s) of collection

Prevalence area

Finland

30

Mastitisb

Various

3

2015 to 2016

High

France

22a

Pneumonia

Veal calves

9

2014

High

UK

28

Various

Various

18

2013 to 2017

High

The Netherlands

10

Pneumonia

Veal calves

10

2014

High

Sweden

90a

None

NA

NA

2013

Low

Total no samples

180

     
  1. aPooled sera, two individual sera per pool
  2. bSamples from infected animals from farms with few mastitis cases
  3. NA data not available