Evaluating postmortem tongue fluids as a tool for monitoring PRRSV and IAV in the post-wean phases of swine production

Table 3 Weekly mortality rates across all three herds when no pathogen (Negative) was detected, when PRRSV alone was detected by RT-qPCR (PRRSV-only), when IAV alone was detected by RT-qPCR (IAV-only), and when PRRSV and IAV were detected by RT-qPCR (PRRSV and IAV) in oral fluids (OF) samples or postmortem tongue fluids (TF) samples

Sample type	Pathogens detected	Weekly mortality rate (95% confidence interval)
OF samples	PRRSV only	10.07 (1.99, 50.97)^b
	PRRSV and IAV	13.84 (2.73, 70.00)^c
	IAV only	0.25 (0.01, 4.90)^a
	None	1.32 (0.25, 7.05)^a
TF samples	PRRSV only	16.95 (4.94, 58.13)^b
	PRRSV and IAV	16.52 (4.79, 56.96)^b
	IAV only	1.46 (0.34, 6.31)^a
	None	1.15 (0.30, 4.43)^a

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