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Table 1 Tuberculosis (TB) testing history of Herds A and B during 1994 to 2007: number tested and the number and percentage positive

From: Control of Mycobacterium bovisinfection in two sika deer herds in Ireland

Year

Season

Herd A

Herd B

  

No. tested

No. positive.(%)

No. tested

No. positive (%)

1994

Spring

150

20 (13.0)

  
 

Autumn

206

28 (13.6)

  

1995

Spring

318

74 (22.3)

  
 

Autumn

426

5 (1.2)

  

1996

Spring

318

5 (1.6)

178

18 (10.1)

 

Autumn

305

3 (1.0)

115

7 (6.0)

1997

Spring

363

2 (0.6)

145

0

 

Autumn

387

0

nd

 

1998

Spring

82

0

137

0

 

Autumn

nd

 

nd

 

1999

Spring

452

0

206

0

 

Autumn

82

0

nd

 

2000

Spring

312

0

nd

 
 

Autumn

104

0

nd

 

2001

Spring

55

0

nd

 
 

Autumn

nd

 

nd

 

2002

Spring

625a

117 (18.7)

nd

 
 

Autumn

142

16 (11.0)

nd

 

2003

Spring

399

7 (1.8)

190

0

 

Autumn

343

1(0.3%)

nd

 

2004

Spring

389

0

nd

 
 

Autumn

275

0

nd

 

2005

Spring

277

2 (0.7)

201

0

 

Autumn

nd

 

nd

 

2006

Spring

336

3 (0.9)

nd

 
 

Autumn

nd

nd

nd

 

2007

Spring

339

0

nd

 
  1. nd = not done
  2. a: This number includes a retest on Group 2 during spring 2002 (Table 2).
  3. In Herd A, severe interpretation of the SICTT results was applied throughout the testing programme, whereas in Herd B, severe interpretation was only applied in 1996/97.