Table 2.
Ki67 score for proliferation of intestinal crypt epithelial cells in piglets infected with porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus with (PEDV + EGF) or without (PEDV only) epidermal growth factor relative to uninfected piglets (control)
| Group | Hours post-inoculation (hpi) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | |
| Control | 455 ± 65 | 413 ± 72 | 472 ± 55 | 465 ± 42 |
| PEDV only | 473 ± 52 | 1900 ± 140 | 2380 ± 350 | 2896 ± 280 |
| PEDV + EGF | 482 ± 67 | 2200 ± 127⁎ | 2990 ± 297⁎ | 3450 ± 377⁎ |
Values are given as mean ± standard deviation.
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Significant difference (P < 0.05) in Ki67 score between PEDV + EGF and PEDV only piglets.