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Table 3 Number of reactors in both kits divided by region, production type and age interval

From: Evaluation of the performance of the IFN-γ release assay in bovine tuberculosis free herds from five European countries

Variable

Population

Positive Bovigama

Positive IDvetb

Animals

Herds

Animals

Herds

Animals

Herds

Region

 A

1225

11

26 (2.1%)

7 (63.6%)

21 (1.7%)

6 (54.5%)

 B

1202

45

104 (8.7%)

27 (60%)

71 (5.9%)

19 (35.2%)

 C

512

8

43 (8.4%)

7 (87.5%)

32 (6.3%)

6 (75%)

 D

495

3

45 (9.1%)

3 (100%)

28 (5.7%)

3 (100%)

 E

376

5

99 (26.3%)

5 (100%)

79 (21.0%)

5 (100%)

 F

489

12

106 (21.7%)

11 (91.7%)

84 (17.2%)

10 (83.3%)

Production type

 Dairy

2619

34

345 (13.2%)

34 (100%)

265 (10.1%)

32 (94.1%)

 Beef

1680

50

78 (4.6%)

26 (52%)

50 (3.0%)

17 (34%)

Age interval

 < 1 year

422

64

42 (10.0%)

26 (40.6%)

28 (6.6%)

19 (29.7%)

 1–4 years

2000

82

246 (12.3%)

47 (57.3%)

189 (9.5%)

38 (46.3%)

 4–7 years

1209

78

106 (8.8%)

32 (41.0%)

71 (5.9%)

23 (29.5%)

 > 7 years

668

72

29 (4.3%)

17 (37.5%)

27 (4.0%)

16 (22.2%)

Herd size

 < 30 animals

672

41

63 (9.4%)

22 (53.7%)

40 (5.6%)

15 (36.6%)

 30–60 animals

78

18

125 (16.0%)

17 (94.4%)

97 (12.4%)

14 (77.8%)

 60–100 animals

891

12

133 (15.0%)

10 (83.3%)

108 (12.1%)

10 (83.3%)

 > 100 animals

1955

13

102 (5.2%)

11 (84.6%)

70 (3.6%)

10 (76.9%)

NTM/PTB presencec

 Yes

524

8

63 (12.0%)

7 (87.5%)

52 (9.9%)

6 (75%)

Total

4299

84

423 (9.8%)

60 (71.4%)

315 (7.3%)

49 (58.3%)

  1. aODbovis–ODPBS ≥ 0.1 and ODbovis–ODavium ≥ 0.1
  2. bS/P ≥ 35%
  3. cHerds without notification of NTM/PTB where not considered in the table