Table 4. Summary of clinical response, pathology, and organism isolated following inoculation with a type A strain.

Strains	Rabbit	DPI-2 Euthanized	Splenomegaly?	Microabscess-ation?	Organism Type Isolated
KY-B/MA-A1b	1	8	-	+	A
	2	7	-	+	A
	3	7	-	+	A
	4	13	+	+	A
	5	8	-	+	A
	6	7	-	+	A
KY-B/WY-A2	7	10	-	-	A
	8	14	-	-	A
	9	10	-	-	A
	10	5	+	-	A
	11	9	-	-	A
	12	10	+	+	A
KY-B/KY-B	13	14	-	-	B
	14	14	-	-	-
	15	14	-	-	-
OR-B/OR-B	16	14	-	-	-
	17	14	+	-	-
	18	14	-	-	-
OR-B/MA-A1b	19	8*	+	-	NA
	20	7	+	+	A
	21	5	+	+	A
	22	8	-	+	A
	23	6	+	+	A
	24	7	-	+	A
OR-B/WY-A2	25	14	-	-	A
	26	7	+	+	A
	27	7	+	+	A
	28	14	-	-	A
	29	14	-	+	A
	30	14	+	-	A
PBS/WY-A2	31	5	+	-	A
	32	7	+	-	A
	33	7	-	-	A
PBS/MA-A1b	34	4	-	+	A
	35	4	-	+	A

*The dpi euthanized for this rabbit are associated with days following the first inoculation (dpi-1), as this rabbit succumbed to infection following the initial inoculation with the type B strain (OR-B). NA = not applicable.