Table 2.
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) isolation from tissues
| Group | Days after inoculation with PRRSV | No. of pigs | No. of positive pigs | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medulla oblongata | Tonsil | Lung | Lymph node | Heart | Liver | Spleen | Kidney | Small intestine | ||||
| Pulmonary | Mesentric | |||||||||||
| PRRSV–PRV | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 (2.0a ) | 2 (4.6) | 1 (2.5) | 0 | 1 (1.0) | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.5) | 0 |
| 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 (3.7) A | 3 (3.3) A | 3 (1.7) | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) | |
| PRRSV | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 (2.9) | 2 (4.0) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 (2.6) B | 2 (1.9) B | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.0) | 0 | 0 | |
| PRV | 14, 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Control | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
alog TCID50/0.05 ml. Virus titre or geometric mean virus titre of positive tissue samples. Different letters within a column denote a significant difference (P < 0.05).