TABLE 2.

Characteristics of ducks treated with lamivudine and 2-amino-6-methoxypurine-2′,3′-dideoxyriboside for 155 days

Duck	Sex	Mode of infection	Initial serum virus level (109 vge/ml)	cccDNA pool half-life (days)	r2b	ASTa (IU/liter)
50	Male	In ovo	0.2	38c	0.85	10
65	Male	In ovo	4.8	47c	0.96	55
68	Male	In ovo	0.6	57	0.94	5
992	Male	Congenital	2.7	35	0.97	14
998	Female	Congenital	1.1	48	0.98	7

^aSerum AST activity level on day 152.

^br², coefficient of determination of exponential regression analysis.

^cOver the first 80 days of treatment before cccDNA levels stabilized in these animals.