TABLE 5.
Antibody responses to S. choleraesuis as measured by ELISAa
Strain or group | ELISA absorbance at 655 nm for sera collected at:
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Day 1 (prevaccination) | Day 25 (prechallenge) | Day 52/53 (necropsy) | |
Nonvaccinated, challenged | 0.094 ± 0.013* | 0.149 ± 0.039* | 0.770 ± 0.133** |
Nonvaccinated, nonchallenged | 0.128 ± 0.019* | 0.305 ± 0.218* | 0.340 ± 0.240* |
NOBL SC-54 | 0.137 ± 0.030* | 0.294 ± 0.159* | 0.521 ± 0.215** |
χ3781 | 0.144 ± 0.006* | 0.349 ± 0.105** | 0.452 ± 0.094*** |
χ3923 | 0.103 ± 0.013* | 0.228 ± 0.084** | 0.549 ± 0.189*** |
χ4186 | 0.097 ± 0.014* | 0.328 ± 0.151** | 0.489 ± 0.239** |
χ4497 | 0.102 ± 0.033* | 0.253 ± 0.103** | 0.657 ± 0.253*** |
χ4522 | 0.085 ± 0.002* | 0.217 ± 0.111** | 0.623 ± 0.159*** |
χ4814 | 0.126 ± 0.023* | 0.227 ± 0.094* | 0.696 ± 0.220** |
Positive control (59-9) | ND | 1.114 | 1.113 |
Negative control sera | 0.106 | 0.134 | 0.130 |
ND, not determined. * to ***, values with different superscripts within rows differed significantly (P < 0.05).