Table 1. Characterization of lesions in lungs and lymph nodes of three experimentally infected white rhinoceroses.
Animal | Organ | PCR | ZN | AI | SI | SNI | CNG | FIN | FN |
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PB1 | Lymph nodes | 0 | 1# | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
PB1 | Lung | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 71 | 30 |
PB2 | Lymph nodes | 0 | 1# | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
PB2 | Lung | 1 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 44 | 59 | 4 |
PB4 | Lymph nodes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PB4 | Lung | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
PCR, polymerase chain reaction, ZN, Ziehl-Neelsen staining, AI, acute inflammation; SI, subacute lymphoplasmacytic inflammation; SNI, subacute necrotizing inflammation; CNG, chronic necrogranuloma; CMG, chronic mineralized granuloma; FIN, fibrous nodule with inflammatory cells in the center; FN, fibrous nodule.
# tracheobronchial lymph node.