Research Article
Brucella abortus Strain RB51 Vaccine: Immune Response after Calfhood Vaccination and Field Investigation in Italian Cattle Population
Table 1
Number of sera from the National Serum Bank (NSB, collected during the
2001–2003 period) and tested with RB51-CFT, on regional basis.
| Region of origin | No. of sera tested | No. of herds tested |
| Abruzzo | 2,123 | 177 | Apulia | 1,836 | 207 | Basilicata | 1,957 | 222 | Calabria | 1,064 | 111 | Campania | 1,062 | 117 | Liguria | 2,552 | 193 | Marche | 2,825 | 238 | Molise | 2,584 | 217 | Piedmont | 2,489 | 139 | Sardinia | 1,282 | 110 | Sicily | 1,446 | 114 | Umbria | 1,196 | 103 |
| Total | 22,416 | 1,948 |
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