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. 2009 Oct 30;154(12):1929–1932. doi: 10.1007/s00705-009-0534-2

Table 2.

Body weights of the Ka/W- and Ka/O-affected wild-type ICR mice

Inoculuma Mouse numbers Weeks post-inoculation
0 12 20 28 32 36
Ka/W 6 12.3 ± 1.0b 39.5 ± 7.8 36.2 ± 6.9*
Ka/O 6 12.5 ± 0.9 44.1 ± 3.8 56.8 ± 5.5* 68.8 ± 3.7** 68.6 ± 7.5* 61.4 ± 9.4
Control 6 12.6 ± 0.7 40.1 ± 6.4 47.5 ± 9.0 49.0 ± 9.0 46.2 ± 6.9 47.8 ± 8.9

The asterisks indicate statistically significant differences between the scrapie-affected mice and the age-matched control mice (Student’s t test: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.001)

aKa/scrapie weight-loss-type prion (Ka/W)- and Ka/scrapie obesity-type prion (Ka/O)-affected ICR mice at third passage were analyzed

bAverage ± standard deviation (gram)