Table 3.
Number of chickens per group where virus nucleoprotein was detected by IHC at different time points post inoculation (hpi).
Tissue | Cranial (hpi) | Caudal (hpi) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |
Lung | ||||||||
LPAI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0* | 4 | 3 |
HPAI | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1* | 6 | 6 |
Trachea | ||||||||
LPAI | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2* | 2* | 4 |
HPAI | 0 | 3 | 5* | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5* | 5 |
Airsac | ||||||||
LPAI | 0 | 2 | 1** | 2 | ||||
HPAI | 0 | 3 | 0** | 4 |
N = 6 if not specified otherwise; * n = 5; ** n = 4