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Table 1 Distribution of growth agglutination test (GAT) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae antibody titres (cut-off 1:32) in cattle of unknown Erysipelothrix spp. status (British and US herds), cows experimentally vaccinated (VAC), or in gnotobiotic calves

From: Use of the rSpaA415 antigen indicates low rates of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection in farmed cattle from the United States of America and Great Britain

GAT titre

0

1:4

1:8

1:16

1:32

1:64

1:128

1:256

1:512

1:1024

Total

British herds

8

12

12

34

30

17

5

   

112

US herds

12

14

3

6

6

4

    

50

VAC cow 1

  

dpv 0

     

dpv 14

dpv 42, 28

4

VAC cow 2

 

dpv 0

     

dpv 14

dpv 28, 42

 

4

Gnotiobiotc

10

         

10

  1. Dpv day post vaccination with an Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae vaccine