TABLE 2.

Results for cloaca swabs from the three infected groups as detected by mPCR and virus isolation

No. of dpi	No. of ALV-positive chickensa by virus subgroup and detection method:
	ALV-A		ALV-B		ALV-J
	Virus isolation	mPCR	Virus isolation	mPCR	Virus isolation	mPCR
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	0	0	0	0	0	2
12	0	0	0	0	1	2
14	0	0	0	0	1	3
16	0	0	0	0	4	4
18	0	0	0	0	8	8
20	0	0	0	0	9	10
22	0	1	0	1	11	11
24	1	1	1	1	11	11
26	1	2	2	2	10	11
28	1	2	1	1	9	10
30	2	2	3	4	10	10

^aThe total number of chickens examined per subgroup was 15.