Figure 1. Experimental Design.
(A) Fourteen 18-week-old (wko) male AG129 mice were inoculated i.p. and mated to female CD-1 mice daily to collect seminal fluids until the male mice were euthanized due to disease progression.
(B) Eleven 13-week-old male AG129 mice were inoculated i.p., mated to female AG129 mice for sexual transmission studies, and then mated to female CD-1 mice daily to collect seminal fluids until the male mice were euthanized.
(C) Eight 18-week-old AG129 male mice were vasectomized before intraperitoneal inoculation and then mated to female CD-1 and AG129 mice to collect seminal fluids and assess sexual transmission until the male mice were euthanized.
(D) Eighteen 8-week-old male AG129 mice were inoculated i.p. and euthanized in groups of three at prescribed days 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 post-inoculation.
(E) Eight 13-week-old female AG129 mice were inoculated i.p. and mated to male AG129 mice for sexual transmission studies.
