Fig. 1

Results of serological, culture and real-time PCR analyses in organs of slaughtered cattle following a brucellosis outbreak
| Animal | Serological status | Lymph node | Udder | Spleen | Cotyledon | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submandibular | Supramammary | Retropharyngeal | Internal iliac | ||||||||||||
| PCR | Culture | PCR | Culture | PCR | Culture | PCR | Culture | PCR | Culture | PCR | Culture | PCR | Culture | ||
| A | RBT+ / CFT+ | + (•) | + (•••) | − | − | + (•) | + (••) | + (••) | + (•••) | − | − | + (••) | + (•••) | Not | sampled |
| B | RBT+ / CFT+ | + (•) | + (•••) | − | − | − | − | + (hom) | + (••) | − | − | + (•) | + (•••) | Not | sampled |
| C | RBT+ / CFT+ | + (•) | + (••) | − | − | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (•••) | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (••) |
| D | RBT+ / CFT+ | + (•) | + (•••) | − | − | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (••) | − | − | − | − | + (•) | + (••) |
| E | RBT+ / CFT+ | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (••) | − | − | + (•) | + (••) | − | − | − | − | + (•) | + (••) |
| F | RBT+ / CFT+ | + (•) | + (•) | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (•) | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (••) | + (hom) | + (•) |
| G | RBT+ / CFT+ | + (•) | + (••) | − | − | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (••) | − | − | + (•) | + (••) | Not | sampled |
| H | RBT+ / CFT− | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (••) | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| I | RBT− / CFT− | + (••) | + (•••) | − | − | + (•) | + (••) | + (•) | + (••) | − | − | + (•) | + (••) | + (hom) | + (•) |
| L | RBT− / CFT− | + (•) | + (••) | − | − | + (hom) | + (••) | − | − | − | − | − | − | + (•) | + (••) |