Table 2. Virus detection by egg culture and titers (log10EID50/200 μl) of nasal swabs collected from each horse experimentally inoculated with equine influena virus (H3N8).
Horse # | Post-infection day | |||||||
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
1 | -a) | - | 2.3 | NDb) | ND | ND | ND | ND |
2 | - | - | 3.5 | 2.0 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
3 | - | - | 4.0 | 3.0 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
4 | - | ≤0.7 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 | - |
a) <0.7 (no virus was isolated from four eggs inoculated with nasal swab specimens diluted 1:10).
b) Not Done: Horses were already necropsied.