Table 2 Results of cELISA and PCR tests for the diagnosis of B. bovis and B. bigemina performed on sera from cattle from Kafr El-Sheikh, El-Beheira and Cairo governorates in Egypt
| Â | Â | ELISA | PCR | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | B. bigemina | B. bovis | B. bigemina and B. bovis | B. bigemina | B. bovis | B. bigemina and B. bovis | ||||||
Governorate | No. tested animals | No. of positive animals | Infection (%) | No. of positive animals | Infection (%) | No. of positive animals | Co-infection (%) | No. of positive animals | Infection (%) | No. of infected animals | Infection (%) | No. of infected animals | Co-infection (%) |
Kafr El-Sheikh | 147 | 47 | 31.9 | 38 | 25.9 | 18 | 12.2 | 64 | 43.5 | 33 | 22.4 | 17 | 11.6 |
El-Beheira | 88 | 31 | 35.2 | 10 | 11.4 | 3 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 |
Cairo | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 6 | 33.3 | 5 | 27.8 | 18 | 100 | 3 | 16.7 | 5 | 27.8 |
Total | 253 | 83 | 32.8 | 54 | 21.3 | 26 | 10.3 | 82 | 32.4 | 38 | 15.0 | 22 | 8.7 |