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Table 1 Information on the samples and animals from which specimens were collected for this study

From: First molecular characterization of poxviruses in cattle, sheep, and goats in Botswana

Sample ID

District

Sub-district

Crush (Countrside/urban)

Year samples received

Host

Age

Gender

Breed

Type of samples

BOT_BOV/2010/6389

Central

Mahalapye

Tobela (Peri urban)

2010

Cattle

Adult

F

Sharolin

Skin crust

BOT_BOV/2016/172

Chobe

Kasane/Kavimba

Maruza (Countryside)

2016

Cattle

Information not available

Information not available

Local Tswana

Skin biopsy

BOT_OV/2017/158

Southern

Jwaneng

Sekwele (Countryside)

2017

Sheep

Information not available

Information not available

Dorper

Lip skin scab

BOT_BOV/2017/1657

Kweneng

Molepolole

Prison Farm (Peri urban)

2017

Cattle

Adult

F

Brown swiss

Skin biopsy

BOT_BOV/2019/246

Central

Mahalapye

Information not available

2019

Cattle

Information not available

Information not available

Information not available

Skin biopsy

BOT_CAP/2019/7419/74

Chobe

Kasane

Kachikau (Countryside)

2019

Goat

1 year

F

Local Tswana

Udder with warts