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. 2005 May;71(5):2753–2755. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2753-2755.2005

TABLE 1.

Incidence of Salmonella infection following intranasal challenges of pigs with various levels of Salmonella serovar Typhimurium

Sample type No. of positive tissue samples
Trial 1 (n = 5)
Trial 2 (n = 5)
Negative controls (n = 6)
101a 103 105 103 105 107
Alimentary
    Tonsil 0 0 3 1 3 5 0
    Ileum 0 0 2 0 3 5 0
    Cecum contents 0 0 2 0 2 5 0
    Colon contents 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
    % Positive 0 0 35 5 40 100 0
Nonalimentary 0
    Mandibular lymph node 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
    Thymus 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    Lung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Liver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Spleen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Ileocecal lymph node 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Muscle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Blood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    % Positive 0 0 3 0 3 5 0
    % Positive (all tissues) 0 0 13 2 15 37 0
a

Intranasal challenge dose of salmonellae.