Table 1. Lethal Factor is measurable in the ear, draining cervical lymph nodes and serum at the time of debridement 12 hours after spore inoculation.

Strain	EarC	cLNC D	Serum/mlC
BIG23A	458±216	28±10	476±82
TKOB	1592±681	49±13	2354±223

^AInjection of 1×10⁶ luminescent 7702 (BIG23) spores subcutaneously into left ear of 3 A/J mice.

^BInjection of 1×10⁶ triple exotoxin knockout (TKO) spores with 100 ng LF plus 650 ng PA into left ear of 3 A/J mice.

^CLF detected by anatomic locations (pg/tissue ± SE) 12 hours post inoculation. Average of three separate experiments with three mice.

^DCervical lymph node.