Research Article
Detection of Rift Valley Fever Virus Interepidemic Activity in Some Hotspot Areas of Kenya by Sentinel Animal Surveillance, 2009–2012
Table 2
Number of RVF seropositive animals and number of replaced animals during the different sampling periods at Ijara district.
| Site | Animal type | Sampling period | September 2009 | October 2009 | February 2010 | May 10 | June-July 2010 | October-November 2010 | June 2012 |
| Kotile | Sheep () | | 2 (17) | 3 (17) | 0 (17) | 3 (17) | | 3 (17) | Goat () | | 1 (139) | 0 (139) | 0 (139) | 0 (139) | | 1 (139) | Number replaced | | | 36 | 12 | 49 | 13 | |
| Sangailu | Sheep () | 2 (25) | 2 (25) | 25 (25) | 2 (25) | 9 (25) | | | Goat () | 1 (31) | 0 (31) | 14 (31) | 6 (31) | 18 (31) | | | Number replaced | | | 1 | 56 | | | |
| Gedelun | Sheep () | | | | | 0 (50) | 7 (50) | 1 (50) | Goat () | | | | | — | — | — | Number replaced | | | | | 4 | 14 | |
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Numbers in brackets () indicate total number sampled for each animal per sampling period; — shows data on animals not recruited.
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