Table 4.
Detection of Ehrlichia canis DNA by PCR in blood samples from individual dogs.
| PCR |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Dog no. | Day 21 | Day 22 | Day 23 | Day 28 | Day 30 | Day 35 | Day 37 | Day 42 | Day 49 | Day 56 |
| Control | CC5 CDA | POS | POS | POS | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| CD2 B63 | –2 | nd1 | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | – | – | |
| E46 0EE | – | nd | nd | POS | POS | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | |
| CC4 90E | – | nd | nd | – | nd | POS | POS | nd | nd | nd | |
| CC2 21F | – | nd | nd | – | nd | – | nd | – | – | – | |
| 9B4 937 | POS | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | |
| Treated group | E17 E19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| DF5 A66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 964 441 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| CC2 1BD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| CC2 25E | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| CC4 55E | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1
nd = Not done
2
negative; POS = positive.