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Observations of toxin and gross and microscopic lesions in piglets challenged with C. difficile at 2 to 14 days old
| Age (days) | No. of piglets with symptom/total no. of piglets |
% symptomatic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesocolonic edema | Toxin positive | Microscopic lesions | ||
| 2 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 1/6 | 50 |
| 4 | 0/6 | 3/6 | 0/6 | 50 |
| 6 | 1/8 | 2/8 | 1/8 | 25 |
| 8 | 0/8 | 1/8 | 0/8 | 12.5 |
| 10 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0 |
| 12 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0 |
| 14 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0 |
| Uninfected controls | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0 |
