Table 3.
Pseudorabies virus (PRV) isolation from tissues
| Group | Days after inoculation with PRRSVa | No. of pigs | No. of positive pigs | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medula oblongata | Tonsil | Lung | Lymph node | Heart | Liver | Spleen | Kidney | Small intestine | ||||
| Pulmonary | Mesentric | |||||||||||
| PRRSV–PRV | 14 | 3 | 1 (1.0b) | 3 (2.3) | 2 (2.6) | 1 (1.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PRRSV | 14, 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PRV | 14 | 3 | 2 (0.9) | 2 (3.0) | 1 (1.25) | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 1 (1.5) |
| 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 (2.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Control | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
aPorcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.
blog TCID50/0.05 ml. Virus titre or geometric mean virus titre of positive tissue samples.