Table 3 Detection of infectious agents from aborted or stillborn lambs in Western Australia
From: Chlamydia pecorum detection in aborted and stillborn lambs from Western Australia
| Â | Yearlings | Ewe lambs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flock A | Flock B | Flock F1 | Flock F2 | Flock H | Flock I | Flock J | Total | |
Cases submitted (n) | ||||||||
Total | 10 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 35 |
Aborted foetus & membranes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Aborted membranes only | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Stillborn lamb | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2a | 33 |
Chlamydia spp. | ||||||||
C. pecorum | ||||||||
 qPCR positive | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
 Sequencing—C. pecorum | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
 Insufficient amplification | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
C. abortus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. psittaci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | ||||||||
Listeria (culture) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Salmonella (culture) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trueperella pyogenes (culture) | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
Campylobacter (culture) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Campylobacter (PCR) | 0 | 0 | 2b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2a |
Leptospira (PCR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Toxoplasma (qPCR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coxiella (qPCR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brucella (PCR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pan-pestivirus (qPCR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |