Table 1.
Clinical signs of calves infected with B. bovis/Bm86/eGFP parasites.
| Calves | Inoculum (Dose/Route) |
Fever (≥38.8 °C) |
PCV | Parasitemia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start (DPI) |
Duration (days) |
Highest Drop (%) |
Duration (days) |
Highest PPE (%) |
Duration (DPI) |
||
| #89 | B. bovis/Bm86/eGFP (2 × 108 parasites/IV) | 10 | 6 | 28.1 | 17 | 0.1 | 10–17 |
| #96 | B. bovis/Bm86/eGFP (2 × 108 parasites/IV) | 10 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 0.5 | 10–15 |
| #97 | Blood from calf #89 (50 mL/IV) |
4 | 6 | 40.6 | 17 | 0.5 | 4–10 |
DPI: Days post-infection. PCV: Packed cell volume. PPE: Percent of parasitized erythrocytes.