Estimation of the transmission of foot-and-mouth disease virus from infected sheep to cattle

Table 1 Results of the virus isolation, RT-PCR, serology and clinical inspection.

	Animal		Virus isolation		RT-PCR		Serology		FMD clinical signs			Contact infection
Room	Species	Nr	Oral swabs	Blood	Oral swabs	Probang	NS-ELISA	VNT	Fever^a	Vesicles	Lameness	Contact infection
1	Calf	5439	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
	Lamb	5440	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Lamb	5441	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+
2	Calf	5442	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	Yes
	Lamb	5443	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-
	Lamb	5444	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-
3	Calf	5445	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
	Lamb	5446	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-
	Lamb	5447	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-
4	Calf	5448	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
	Lamb	5449	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
	Lamb	5450	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-
5	Calf	5451	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
	Lamb	5452	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-
	Lamb	5453	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-
6	Calf	5454	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
	Lamb	5455	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+
	Lamb	5456	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
7	Calf	5457	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	Yes
	Lamb	5458	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+
	Lamb	5459	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+
8	Calf	5460	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
	Lamb	5461	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+
	Lamb	5462	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+
9	Calf	5463	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	Yes
	Lamb	5464	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
	Lamb	5465	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-
10	Calf	5466	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	Yes
	Lamb	5467	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+
	Lamb	5468	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

+/−, positive /negative in one or more of the tested samples.
^afever in sheep: body temperature above 40 °C; fever in cattle: body temperature above 39.5 °C.

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