Table 3 Test results for four livestock pathogens in elk, by herd
From: Pathogens at the livestock-wildlife interface in Western Alberta: does transmission route matter?
Herd (abbreviation) | Pestivirus | Herpesvirus | Mycobacterim avium subsp. Paratuberculosis | Neospora caninum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | cELISA | RT-PCR on serum samples | cELISA | RT-PCR on serum samples | Modified ELISA | Fecal culture | qPCR on MERP fecal samples (captured elk) | cELISA |
Beauvais lake (BL) | 0/9 | 0/9 | 5/9 (56 ± 34%) | 0/9 | 0/9 | 0/30 | 1/8 | 1/9 (11 ± 22%) |
Castle-carbondale (CC) | 3/71 (4 ± 5%) | 0/71 | 39/71 (55 ± 12%) | 1/71 | 1/71 (1 ± 3%) | 0/30 | 1/34 | 3/71 (4 ± 5%) |
Livingstone (L) | 2/15 (13 ± 18%) | 0/15 | 10/15 (67 ± 25%) | 0/15 | 0/15 | 0/30 | 0/12 | 3/15 (20 ± 21%) |
Porcupine hills (PH) | 1/8 (13 ± 25%) | 0/8 | 4/8 (50 ± 37%) | 1/8 | 0/8 | 0/30 | 0/3 | 0/8 |
Whaleback (WH) | 2/29 (7 ± 9%) | 0/29 | 15/29 (52 ± 19%) | 0/29 | 0/29 | 0/30 | 1/12 | 1/29 (3 ± 7%) |
Waterton (W) | 0/16 | 0/16 | 10/16 (63 ± 25%) | 0/16 | 0/16 | 0/30 | 1/10 | 1/16 (6 ± 12%) |
Crowsnest pass (CP) | 0/17 | 0/17 | 11/17 (65 ± 23%) | 2/17 | 0/17 | 0/30 | 0/7 | 0/17 |
Jasper National Park (JNP) | 0/31 | 0/31 | 20/31 (65 ± 17%) | 0/31 | 1/31 (3 ± 6%) | 0/30 | NA | 2/30 (7 ± 9%) |
Banff National Park (BNP) | 0/20 | 0/20 | 12/20 (60 ± 22%) | 0/20 | 0/20 | 0/30 | NA | 0/20 |
Yaha Tinda (YHT) | 0/61 | 0/61 | 50/61 (82 ± 10%) | 0/61 | 4/77 (5 ± 5%) | 0/30 | NA | 2/63 (3 ± 4%) |