Table 3.
Pathological findings and bacterial loads in pulmonary LN of infected goats
| Goat | Bacterial load in LN (log10 CFU) |
Vol of lesions in LN (cm3) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranial mediastinal |
Tracheobronchial |
Caudal mediastinal |
Total |
Cranial mediastinal | Tracheobronchial | Caudal mediastinal | Total | |||||
| Per gram tissue | Whole LN | Per gram tissue | Whole LN | Per gram tissue | Whole LN | Per gram tissue | Whole LN | |||||
| 572 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 605 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 0.003 | 50.1 | 53.7 |
| 571 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 6.8 |
| 567 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4 | 5.3 | 4 | 5.3 | 0 | 4.6 | 15.7 | 20.2 | ||
| 607 | 2.8 | 4 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3 | 4.1 | 0.05 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 563 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.001 | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||||
| 597 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 0.07 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 568 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 0.08 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 562 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 57.5 | 58.9 |
| 565 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 8 | 16 |
| 577 | 3 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| Mean (95% CI) | 2 (1–2.9) | 2.3 (1.2–3.4) | 2.4 (1.9–2.9) | 3.3 (2.6–4) | 3.3 (3–3.6) | 4.4 (4.1–4.7) | 3.5 (3.3–3.8) | 4.6 (4.3–4.8) | 0.5 (0–1.2) | 1.5 (0.2–2.8) | 14.2 (2.3–26) | 16.2 (3.9–28.4) |