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Table 3. Replication and transmission of the H5N1 viruses in domestic ducks.

	Virus shedding on day 3 postinoculation				Virus shedding on day 5 postinoculation
	Oropharyngeal		Cloacal		Oropharyngeal		Cloacal
Virus	No. birds shedding/total	Virus titer, log₁₀eID₅₀/ml	No. birds shedding/total	Virus titer, log₁₀eID₅₀/ml	No. birds shedding/total	Virus titer, log₁₀eID₅₀/ml	No. birds shedding/total	Virus titer, log₁₀eID₅₀/ml
DKGD/12/00	0/5	ND	0/5	ND	0/5	ND	0/5	ND
DKZJ/11/00	3/5	≤2.0-4.3	2/5	≤2.0-2.7	0/5	ND	0/5	ND
DKFJ/17/01	1/5	≤2.0-2.7	0/5	ND	2/5	≤2.0-3.0	1/5	≤2.0-2.7
DKGX/35/01	2/5	≤2.0-4.0	3/5	≤2.0-4.0	1/5	≤2.0-3.0	1/5	≤2.0-2.7
DKSH35/02	4/5	≤2.0-3.5	2/5	≤2.0-4.3	0/5	ND	0/5	ND
DKFJ/01/02	0/5	ND	1/5	≤2.0-3.5	0/5	ND	0/5	ND

Three-week-old sheldrake ducks were studied; no deaths or disease signs were observed in the infected ducks. ND, no detectable virus.