Table 1.
Experimental vaccination and/or infection of chickens and turkeys. Post mortem examinations and sampling of organs together with blood from 3 birds per group for flow cytometry experiments were performed on 4, 7, 10, 14 and 21 days post inoculation.
| Group | Day of life/day post inoculation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | 32/4 | 35/7 | 38/10 | 42/14 | 49/21 | |
| Vaccinated turkeys (VT) | Vaccination | xa | x | x | x | x | |
| Vaccinated chickens (VC) | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Infected turkeys (IT) | Infection | x | x | x | n.a.b | n.a. | |
| Infected chickens (IC) | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Vaccinated and infected turkeys (VIT) | Vaccination | Infection | x | x | x | x | x |
| Vaccinated and infected chickens (VIC) | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Control turkeys (CT) | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Control chickens (CC) | x | x | x | x | x | ||
a
Necropsy and sampling of three birds.
b
Not applicable due to fatal histomonosis at earlier time points.