Table 1.
Swine survival and fever responses in animals infected with mutant E2ΔSERTAD1v compared with those infected with parental BICv.
| Fever | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment 1 | No. of Survivors/Total | Mean Time to Death (Days ± SD) |
No. of Days to Onset (Days ± SD) |
Duration No. of Days (Days ± SD) |
Maximum Daily Temp (°F ± SD) |
| BICv | 0/5 | 7 (0) | 5.2 (0.84) | 1.8 (0.84) | 105.82 (0.44) |
| CSFV E2ΔSERTAD1v | 4/5 | 14 2 | 5 3 | 9 2 | 104.16 (0.47) 3 |
1 All animals were IN inoculated with 105 TCID50 of the indicated virus. Animals were observed for 21 days after inoculation. 2 Data are based on the only animal in the group that needed to be humanely euthanized. 3 All animals in the group presented a transient rise in body temperature by day 5 post infection.