Table 1.

Clinical signs in 22 research-naïve female KK-A^ymice

Clinical sign	Isolation site	No. of cases	Age (wk) at onset
Facial abscess	Left submandibular region	6	16, 21, 21, 25, 25, 27
	Right submandibular region	5	18, 20, 22, 25, 25a
Tail abscess	Tail	2	5, 5
Abscesses at other sites	Left lumbar region	2	7, 8
	Left abdominal region	1	8
	Right shoulder	1	6
	Right hindleg	1	14
Torticollis	Middle and inner ear	2	14, 15
Hydrocephalus	Uterus	1	9b
Moribund	Kidney	1	8

S. agalactiae was isolated from all isolation sites.

^aKlebsiella pneumoniae was isolated also.

^bStaphylococcus aureus was isolated also.