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Table 1 Domestic ruminants from five Caribbean islands found positive in the generic Ehrlichia FRET-qPCR

From: Development of a generic Ehrlichia FRET-qPCR and investigation of ehrlichioses in domestic ruminants on five Caribbean islands

Island

Positive animals % (positive/total N)

All animals

Individual animal species

Montserrat

20.8 % (16/77)

Goat

15.8 % (3/19)

Sheep

26.1 % (12/46)

Cattle

8.3 % (1/12)

St. Kitts

25.5 % (95/373)

Goat

3.4 % (1/29)

Sheep

31.3 % (31/99)

Cattle

25.7 % (63/245)

Grenada

3.6 % (5/140)

Goat

5.1 % (4/79)

Sheep

1.6 % (1/61)

Nevis

0.38 % (1/262)

Goat

0.7 % (1/137)

Sheep

0.0 % (0/82)

Cattle

0.0 % (0/43)

Dominica

6.8 % (17/249)

Goat

0.36 % (4/112)

Sheep

1.9 % (1/52)

Cattle

14.1 % (12/85)