Table 3 Results of cELISA and PCR tests for the diagnosis of B. bovis and B. bigemina performed on sera from buffalo sera from Kafr El-Sheikh and El-Beheira governorates in Egypt
| Â | Â | ELISA | PCR | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | B. bigemina | B. bovis | B. bigemina and B. bovis | B. bigemina | 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 (%) |
Kafr El-Sheikh | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28.6 |
El-Beheira | 74 | 13 | 17.6 | 15 | 20.3 | 3 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 |
Total | 81 | 18 | 22.2 | 18 | 22.2 | 5 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |