TABLE 3.

Virus shedding^a

Sample and group	No. of virus-shedding rats/total on day postinoculationb
	10	15	20	30	40
Saliva samples
Intact males	6/11	7/10	6/11	6/11	6/11
Castrated males	4/9	4/9	6/9	5/9	8/9
T-treated males	9/10	7/10	4/10	6/10	7/10
Total males	19/30*	18/29	16/30	17/30*	21/30
Intact females	3/9	6/9	5/9	2/9	2/9
Ovx females	4/10	7/10	2/10	2/10	6/10
E2-treated females	3/10	10/10	3/10	1/10	6/10
Total females	10/29	23/29	11/29	5/29	14/29
Fecal samples
Intact males	5/11	4/11	4/11	5/11	1/11
Castrated males	6/9	5/9	7/9	4/8	1/9
T-treated males	4/10	6/10	7/10	7/9	1/10
Total males	15/30	15/30	18/30	16/29*	3/30
Intact females	7/9	4/9	4/9	1/8	0/9
Ovx females	9/10	4/10	6/10	2/10	2/10
E2-treated females	6/9	5/10	8/10	2/10	1/10
Total females	22/28	13/29	18/29	5/28	3/29

^aVirus shedding in saliva and feces from males and females that either were intact, gonadectomized (i.e., males were castrated and females were ovariectomized [Ovx]), or gonadectomized with sex steroids replaced (i.e., gonadectomized males received testosterone [T]-filled capsules and gonadectomized females received estradiol [E₂]-filled capsules). 

^bAn asterisk indicates that more males shed virus than females on the respective day postinoculation, based on chi-square analyses (P < 0.05).