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Table 2.

Body weight of poults at 0, 5, 11, and 16 d postinoculation

Group¹	BW² (g)				Mean treatment effect on BW (g)	Overall growth depression (%)
Group¹	0 d (n = 28)	5 d (n = 5)	11 d (n = 5)	16 d (n = 10)	Mean treatment effect on BW (g)	Overall growth depression (%)
A	92 ± 2.2^a	109 ± 13.2^a	134 ± 13.6^a	169 ± 4.6^b	137^b	16
B	94 ± 1.7^a	129 ± 9.8^a	153 ± 7.7^a	198 ± 4.3^a	160^a	2
C	92 ± 2.0^a	118 ± 7.6^a	162 ± 7.8^a	208 ± 6.1^a	163^a

^a,b

Values with different superscripts within a column differ significantly (P < 0.05); all values are mean ± SE of poults at each interval.

A = poults inoculated with turkey astrovirus-2-positive material from a flock with poult enteritis syndrome, B = poults inoculated with turkey astrovirus-2-positive material from an apparently healthy flock, and C = poults inoculated with PBS (control).

n = number of poults whose BW was taken on a given day postinoculation; no sentinel birds were included in calculating mean BW.