. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2012 Apr 12;7(1):85–92. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00358.x

Table 2.

Proportion of ruddy turnstones infected with avian influenza virus at each dose administered.

Isolate	Dose¹ (Log₁₀EID₅₀)	No. infected²/ No. inoculated
A/northernpintail/California/44242-758/2006 (H5N2)	6.0	6/6
	4.0	3/6
	2.0	0/6

A/shorebird/DE/42/2006 (H7N3)	5.25	5/6
	4.75^*	4/4
	3.75^*	8/10
	3.25	1/6
	2.75^*	0/6
	1.25	0/6

A/whooperswan/Mongolia/244/2005 (H5N1)	6.25^*	6/6
	5.25^*	4/6
	4.25^*	4/5

Results from second round of inoculations.

Viral titers confirmed in embryonating egg culture using method of Reed and Muench, 1938.

Birds were considered infected on the basis of oral/cloacal excretion of viral RNA and seroconversion.