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. 2021 Dec 16;16(12):e0261284. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261284

Table 2. Levels of microscopic change occurrence in livers of chickens inoculated with FAdV (MOR300315 strain) from 4 to 28 days post-challenge.

dpi Microscopic changes
Individual, extensive hepatocyte necrosis Multifocal hepatocyte necrosis and inflammatory cell infiltrate Basophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies Inflammatory cell infiltrate of portal spaces
4b 1/1 - 1/1 1/1
6 - 5/5a - 5/5
9 - - - 5/5
13 - - - 5/5
16 - 1/5 - 3/5
20 - - - -
28 - - - -

a No. birds positive/no. birds examined;

bLiver sample taken from dead chicken at 4 dpi.