Fig. 5. Body weight, temperature, shedding and seroconversion in ferrets.

A Change in body weight data of inoculated ferrets (open circle) and contact ferrets (filled diamond), and B change in body temperature of intranasally infected and contact ferrets. C Tabular summary of viral RNA loads detected from nasal washing samples as expressed by genome copy number per µl; the only sample from which virus could be re-isolated is highlighted in red. D Tabular summary of hemagglutination inhibition titers in sera from infected and sentinel animals