The correlation betweenmussel samples positive for both PCV2 and
the bacteria, E. coli and/or Salmonella were determined (Table 1). The
bacterial content were in general very low (≤40 MPN E. coli/100 g
flesh and liquid), except for sample 14 which contained a high amount
of both E. coli (310 MPN/100 g) and PCV2 (7.80 E + 03 copies/g DT).
However, as only three of the 12 PCV2 positive sampleswere found positive
for E. coli, there was no statistical significant correlation between
the presence of PCV2 and bacteria in shellfish (P= 0.43). The geographic
distribution of the PCV2 positive shellfish samples revealed that positive
samples were localized to the Limfjord in the northern part of
Jutland and a bay area in the south-western part of Jutland, Denmark