Table 3.
Quantitative PCR Ct values of B. besnoiti in skin samples of inoculated rabbits at euthanasia
| Tachyzoite-infected rabbits | Bradyzoite-infected rabbits | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skin location | T01 | T02 | T01 | T02 | T01 | B01 | B02 | B04 | B05 | B06 |
| Right fore leg | – | – | – | – | – | 31.1 | – | – | 28.6 | – |
| Right hind leg | – | – | – | – | – | 29.9 | 30.9 | 29.8 | 26.8 | – |
| Right thigh | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30.1 | 33.8 | – | – |
| Backline | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Right flank | – | – | – | – | – | 28.7 | – | – | – | – |
| Umbilicus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Neck | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32.5 | 30.3 | – | – |
| Right shoulder | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Right eyelid | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | – | – | 28.2 | – |
| Teat | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | – | – | 31.9 | – |
Ct values are reported in the table at day 70. Rabbits were experimentally subcutaneously infected with either 6.106 B. besnoiti tachyzoites (tachyzoite group) or bradyzoites (bradyzoite group) at day 0
–: no Ct