TABLE 2.
Comparison of the OvHV-2 load in the organs of the urogenital tract
| Organ | Ov HV-2 loada |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep |
Mean | Median | Max | Min | |||||
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |||||
| Epididymis | 709 | 16,593 | 1,381,214 | 3,395 | 952 | 280,573 | 3,395 | 1,381,214 | 709 |
| Vesicular gland | 4,312 | 3,382 | 7,329 | 39,683 | 2,878 | 11,517 | 4,312 | 39,683 | 2,878 |
| Ampulla of the deferent duct | 484 | 534 | 12,670 | 22,707 | 1,384 | 7,556 | 1,384 | 22,707 | 484 |
| Testis | 706 | 1,902 | 28,055 | 3,264 | 1,204 | 7,026 | 1,902 | 28,055 | 706 |
| Prostate gland | 1,455 | 1,747 | 14,981 | 2,557 | 6,342 | 5,416 | 2,557 | 14,981 | 1,455 |
| Urinary bladder | 504 | 8,074 | 3,476 | 848 | 3,791 | 3,339 | 3,476 | 8,074 | 504 |
| Kidney | 42 | 1,036 | 890 | 382 | 5,974 | 1,665 | 890 | 5,974 | 42 |
| Urine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
a
The numbers indicate the load of OvHV-2 DNA copies per 6 × 108 copies of cellular DNA. Individual values, as well as maximum (Max), minimum (Min), median, and mean values are shown.
b
-, Negative, i.e., no OvHV-2 DNA was detected.