Table 1.
Faecal shedding of MAP before and after oral inoculation and shedding category of animal
| Group | Animal No. | Week p. i. | Shedding category a) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 42 | 44 | 46 | |||
| K1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | - | - | co. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | # | - | |||
| 3 | - | n.a. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4 | - | - | co. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5 | - | - | co. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| V1 | 7 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 8 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 3 | |
| 9 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 3 | |
| 10 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 3 | |
| 11 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 12 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 13 | - | - | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 2 | |
| V2 | 14 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X | - | # | nd | ||
| 15 | - | - | X | X | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | 2 | |
| 16 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | # | nd | ||||
| 17 | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | # | nd | |||
| 18 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 19 | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 3 | |
| 20 | - | - | X | X | - | - | - | n.a. | - | - | - | # | nd | |||
| K2 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| V3 | 27 | - | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| 28 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 29 | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | # | nd | |
| 30 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | 2 | |
| 31 | - | - | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 32 | - | X | X | X | X | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| V4 | 33 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | X | - | X | - | 2 |
| 34 | - | - | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | 2 | |
| 35 | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 3 | |
| 36 | - | - | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | X | # | nd | ||||
| 37 | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 3 | |
| 38 | - | - | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 39 | - | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
a)Shedding category: 1 – stopping before 34 wpi; 2 – intermittent; 3 – continuously; X, positive faecal culture; n.a., not available; co., contaminated; #, animal no longer available (necropsy); nd, not defined.