Table 3.
Virus recovery from birds experimentally inoculated with A/mallard/Hokkaido/24/09 (H5N1)
| Virus recoveryd | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birds | No. of Birds |
Daysa p.i. |
Clinical signs |
Swabs (log EID50/ml) | Tissues (log EID50/g) | Antibodye response | |||||
| Trachea | Cloaca | Brain | Trachea | Lungs | Kidneys | Colon | |||||
| Chickens | 1 - 4 | 3 | -b | < | < | < | < | < | < | < | NT |
| 5 - 8 | 14 | - | NTc | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | < 40f | |
| Domestic ducks | 1 - 4 | 3 | - | < | < | < | < | < | < | < | NT |
| 5 - 8 | 14 | - | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | 1,600f | |
| Quails | 1 | 3 | - | 3.3 | < | < | < | < | < | < | NT |
| 2 | 3 | - | 3.6 | < | < | < | < | < | < | NT | |
| 3 - 4 | 3 | - | < | < | < | < | < | < | < | NT | |
| 5 - 8 | 14 | - | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | 800f | |
a All birds were sacrificed.
b -: Birds did not show any clinical signs during observation days.
c NT: Not tested.
d Digit: Virus titers. <: Virus titer was less than 0.8 log EID50/ml swab or 1.5 log EID50/g tissue.
e ELISA titers on 14 dpi.
f ELISA titers of three birds were equal.