Table 1. HEV in rabbits from 2 farms in Virginia, USA*.
Farm | No. rabbits tested | Mean age, mo | No. (%) positive for antibodies against HEV | No. (%) positive for HEV RNA |
No. (%) exposed to HEV | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Serum | Feces | |||||
A | 25 | 7.0 | 13 (52.0) | 12 (48.0) | 10 (40.0) | 20 (80.0) |
B | 60 | 10.8 | 18 (30.0) | 2 (3.3) | 3 (5.0) | 22 (36.7) |
Total | 85 | 9.7 | 31 (36.5) | 14 (16.5) | 13 (15.3) | 42 (49.4) |
*HEV, hepatitis E virus.