Table 5.
Virus recovery of swab samples from different rFPV immunized groups challenged with NDV Go/JS6/05
| Vaccine group | No. of birds shedding/total no. of birds on day after challenge: | Mortality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 5 | 7 | |||||
| Trachea | Cloaca | Trachea | Cloaca | Trachea | Cloaca | ||
| rFPV-JS6HN | 11/18B | 4/18B | 0/18A | 1/18A | 0/12A | 0/12A | 0/18A |
| rFPV-LaSHN | 16/18AB | 7/18B | 1/18A | 9/18B | 0/12A | 2/12A | 0/18A |
| Unvaccinated | 17/18A | 14/18A | NS | NS | NS | NS | 18/18B |
A, B Different superscript letters denote significant difference between treatment groups within the column; Fisher's exact test, P < 0.05.
NS: No survivors.