Table 3.
Swine survival and fever response in E1ΔCys24/94v-infected animals after the challenge with parental virulent BICv
| Challenge group | No. of survivors/total no. | Mean time to death, days (SD) | Fever |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of days to onset (SD) | Duration, days (SD) | Maximum daily temp, °C (SD) | |||
| Mock | 0/4 | 10.5 (1.5) | 4.5 (0.57) | 5.75 (0.95) | 41.2 (0.19) |
| E1ΔCys24/94v, 3 dpi | 3/4 | 10a | 4a | 6a | 40.3 (0.57) |
| E1ΔCys24/94v, 28 dpi | 7/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.7 (0.51) |
a
Data correspond to the only animal out of the four inoculated that presented CSFV-related symptoms.