Table 1.
Health status and virus excretion of 32 wild ducks and four domestic chickens experimentally infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A/chicken/Netherlands/emc-3/2014 (H5N8) GsGd clade 2.3.4.4 (group A, Buan-like)
| No. of birds that excreted virus froma | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharynx | Cloaca | |||||
| Common name (taxonomic name) | No. of birds | No. of birds with clinical signs | Virus isolation | PCR | Virus isolation | PCR |
| Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope) | 8 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| Common pochard (Aythya ferina) | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Common teal (Anas crecca) | 8 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| Chicken (Gallus gallus) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
The minimal detection limit of virus isolation was 0.5 TCID50/ml and minimal area under the curve (AUC) from day 0 to 4 post inoculation was 2; if the values were on or below the minimal detection limit, birds were listed here as negative in the virus isolation
aBetween 0 and 4 days post inoculation (dpi)