Table 2. Mortality in 15-day-old specific pathogen free chickens inoculated with five isolates of IBV.
Group number | Inoculated IBV isolate | Chicken embryo passagea | Dose, median embryo infectious doses (log10)b | Dead chicks (%)c |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LX4 | 4 | 4.2 | 1 |
2 | LS2 | 2 | 4.5 | 3 |
3 | LD3 | 3 | 4.5 | 2 |
4 | LHI10 | 10 | 5.0 | 2 |
5 | LH2 | 2 | 5.0 | 2 |
6d | Control |
Different passages used as in Table 1.
Dose per chick, 200 μl.
Ten chicks per group.
Inoculated with 200 μl sterile allantoic fluid per chick.