Table 2.
Pneumonic lung lesions in M. hyopneumoniae infected pigs evaluated using the 28-point evaluation method
| Group | No. | Left apical lobe | Left cardiac lobe | Left diaphragmatic lobe | Right apical lobe | Right cardiac lobe | Right diaphragmatic lobe | Intermediate lobe | Total score | Average lung lesion score ± SD | Difference compared with the control group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | 1-1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10.5 ± 2.78 | |
| 1-2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 7.5 | ** | ||
| 1-3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |||
| 168 L | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 ± 0.58 | – | |
| 2-3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| XLW-2 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ± 0 | – | |
| 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NJ | 4-1 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 12 | ||
| 4 -2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | 12.5 | 10.17 ± 3.62 | ** | |
| 4-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| LH | 5-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 5 -2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12.33 ± 3.21 | ** | |
| 5-3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Control | 6 -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ± 0 | - | |
| 6 -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“**” indicates significant difference.
“–” indicates no significant difference.