TABLE 5.
Group | No. of pigs from which S. suis type 2 was isolated at indicated site/total no. of pigs
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Bloodb
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CNS | URTc | Lung | Joint | Pl, Pt, and/or Pcd | Days 1–3 | Necropsy | |
1 | 1/11 A | 1/11 A | 0/11 A | 0/11 A | 0/11 A | 0/6 A | 0/11 A |
2 | 5/11 A, B | 2/11 A | 1/11 A | 3/11 A, B | 3/11 A, B | 1/6 A | 6/11 C |
3 | 4/11 A, B | 2/11 A | 2/11 A | 5/11 B | 4/11 A, B | 2/6 A | 4/11 A, B, C |
4 | 4/11 A, B | 2/11 A | 3/11 A | 2/11 A, B | 5/11 B | 0/6 A | 5/11 A, B, C |
5 | 1/11 A | 0/11 A | 1/11 A | 1/11 A, B | 1/11 A, B | 1/6 A | 1/11 A, B |
6 | 3/10 A, B | 2/10 A | 1/10 A | 2/10 A, B | 3/10 A, B | 2/6 A | 3/10 A, B |
7 | 7/11 B | 3/11 A | 3/11 A | 3/11 A, B | 4/11 A, B | 3/6 A | 7/11 C |
Tissues collected at the time of necropsy.
Blood collected on days 1, 2, and 3 after S. suis challenge and at necropsy.
URT, upper respiratory tract (turbinate or trachea).
Pl, Pt, and Pc, pleura, peritoneum, and pericardium, respectively.
Within each column, values followed by letters (A, B, C, and D) are significantly different from other values followed by a different letter(s) (P < 0.05).