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Table 4 Summary of ELISA scores for Canadian sera sorted by management practices and era of collection

From: Serological evidence for historical and present-day exposure of North American bison to Mycoplasma bovis

ELISA score

No. (%) of sera collected from MM bison in the era indicated

No. (%) of sera collected from RM bison in the era indicated

1999 or prior

2000 or later

Total

1999 or priora

2000 or later

Total

Neg

223 (94.9)

303 (94.4)

526 (94.6)

500 (95.1)

567 (90.6)

1067 (92.6)

1+

7 (3.0)

7 (2.2)

14 (2.5)

13 (2.5)

34 (5.4)

47 (4.1)

2+/3+

5 (2.1)

7 (2.2)

12 (2.2)

12 (2.3)

17 (2.7)

29 (2.5)

4+/5+

0

4 (1.2)

4 (0.7)

1 (0.2)

8 (1.3)

9 (0.8)

Total

235

321

556

526

626

1152

  1. aAs a result of rounding individual percentages to the nearest tenth, the sum of all percentages does not equal 100
  2. MM minimally managed, RM ranch-managed