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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Microbes Infect. 2012 Dec 31;15(3):219–229. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.12.001

Table 2.

Summary results of intrabursal inoculation

Serovar MPA (mg/mouse) IFU/mouse # of mice shed/Total # mice (%) # of Fertilea mice/Total # mice (%) Mean # embryos per uterine hornb
Right Leftc Total






D (UW-3/Cx) 1 103 9/20 d,e,f (45) 2/20 d,e,f (10) 1.5 ± 2.7 g,h 0.6 ± 1.4 g,i,j 2.0 ± 3.3 g,h,j
F (N.I.1) 1 103 10/20 d,e,f (50) 5/20 d,f (25) 4.4 ± 2.2 i 0.8 ± 1.4 g,i,j 5.1 ± 2.6 g
F (IC-Cal-3) 1 103 0/20 9/20 d (45) 2.1 ± 2.4 g 2.2 ± 2.7 g 4.3 ± 4.5 g
SPG 1 - 0/26 24/26 (92) 4.4 ± 1.8 4.3 ± 1.5 8.7 ± 2.0
E (Bour) 2 103 1/16 (6) 11/16 (69) 3.0 ± 2.6 2.9 ± 2.4 5.9 ± 4.3
SPG 2 - 0/16 12/16 (75) 3.6 ± 2.8 2.8 ± 2.0 6.4 ± 4.2






D (UW-3/Cx) 0 105 14/20 k,l,m,n (70) 8/20 k,l,m,n (40) 3.5 ± 2.6 2.2 ± 2.1o,p 5.6 ± 2.8 o,q
F (N.I.1) 0 105 6/20 k,m,n (30) 1/20 k,m,n (5) 3.0 ± 2.9 0.2 ± 0.7 p,q,r 3.2 ± 3.1 p,q,r
F (IC-Cal-3 0 105 0/20 16/20 (80) 4.1 ± 2.4 3.4 ± 2.1 7.5 ± 4.0
E (Bour) 0 105 0/16 14/16 (88) 3.8 ± 2.2 3.8 ± 1.8 7.6 ± 3.2
SPG 0 - 0/44 37/44 (84) 3.8 ± 2.3 3.2 ± 2.1 7.0 ± 3.6
a

Fertility is defined as at least one embryo present in each uterine horn (bilateral)

b

Values are means ± standard deviations (16–44 animals per group)

c

Inoculation site

d

P<0.05 by the Fisher’s Exact test compared to the SPG MPA group

e

P<0.05 by the Fisher’s Exact test compared to the F (IC-Cal-3) MPA group

f

P<0.05 by the Fisher’s Exact test compared to the E (Bour) MPA group

g

P<0.05 by the Student’s t-test compared to the SPG MPA group

h

P<0.05 by the Student’s t-test compared to the F (N.I.1) MPA group

i

P<0.05 by the Student’s t-test compared to the F (IC-Cal-3) MPA group

j

P<0.05 by the Student’s t-test compared to the E (Bour) MPA group

k

P<0.05 by the Fisher’s Exact test compared to the SPG non-MPA group

l

P<0.05 by the Fisher’s Exact test compared to the F (N.I.1) non-MPA group

m

P<0.05 by the Fisher’s Exact test compared to the F (IC-Cal-3) non-MPA group

n

P<0.05 by the Fisher’s Exact test compared to the E (Bour) non-MPA group

o

P<0.05 by the Student’s t-test compared to the F (N.I.1) non-MPA group

p

P<0.05 by the Student’s t-test compared to the E (Bour) non-MPA group

q

P<0.05 by the Student’s t-test compared to the SPG non-MPA group

r

P<0.05 by the Student’s t-test compared to the F: IC-Cal-3 0 mg non-MPA group