TABLE 2.

Bacterial density in shrimp at different stages of AHPND collected from seven different affected shrimp farms

Phase	Hepathopancreas					Stomach
	n	CFUa g−1		Green colonies (%)		n	CFUa g−1		Green colonies (%)
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD		Mean CFU g−1	SD	Mean	SD
Normal	6	5.93 × 105	8.94 × 105	38.02	48.91	6	2.23 × 106	4.85 × 106	36.35	46.62
Initial	26	1.78 × 106	3.59 × 106	25.89	43.38	27	2.95 × 107	1.01 × 108	30.70	46.56
Acute	9	1.65 × 108	1.65 × 108	20.50	27.40	8	2.93 × 106	4.87 × 106	42.84	39.92
Terminal	4	2.88 × 108	5.75 × 108	25.00	35.36	4	1.54 × 108	2.61 × 108	13.50	19.09
NDb	10	1.95 × 106	4.20 × 106	32.53	44.88	10	3.49 × 107	9.74 × 107	33.42	37.43

^aIn TCBS medium.

^bND, no determinate phase of disease.