Table 1.
Number | MAT titre (pig sera) | Mice with cysts/mice examined (n) | Seropositive mice/mice examined (n) (MAT titre) | Real-time PCR (mouse brain) |
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Market-weight | ||||
1 | 1:1600 | 0/1a | 0/1a | ND |
2 | 1:200 | 1/4 | 0/4 | + |
3 | 1:400 | 2/3a | 0/3a | + |
4 | 1:400 | 3/4 | 0/4 | + |
5 | 1:12800 | 0/4 | 1/4 (1:100) | - |
6 | 1:800 | 1/4 | 0/4 | - |
7 | 1:1600 | 0/3a | 0/3a | + |
8 | 1:3200 | 0/4 | 1/4 (1:50) | - |
9 | 1:400 | 0/4 | 1/4 (1:25) | + |
10 | 1:800 | 1/4 | 1b/4 (1:25) | + |
11 | 1:50 | 1/4 | 1/4 (1:50) | + |
12 | 1:400 | 1/4 | 0/4 | + |
13 | 1:50 | 0/4 | 0/4 | - |
14 | 1:50 | 0/4 | 0/4 | - |
15 | 1:200 | 0/4 | 0/4 | - |
16 | 1:400 | 1/4 | 0/4 | + |
17 | 1:200 | 0/4 | 0/4 | - |
Sows | ||||
18 | 1:400 | 0/4 | 0/4 | ND |
19 | 1:100 | 1/4 | 0/4 | + |
20 | 1:1600 | 2/4 | 0/4 | + |
21 | 1:200 | 3/4 | 1b/4 (1:25) | + |
22 | 1:800 | 1/4 | 1b/4 (1:25) | - |
a mice (a total of 5) died before time of sacrifice (Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolated from peritoneal exudates of succumbed mice from bioassay no. 1)
b seropositive mouse had T. gondii tissue cysts; ND, assay not done.