Maternal and foetal immune responses of cattle following an experimental challenge with Neospora caninum at day 70 of gestation

Table 1 Foetal samples collected at post mortem examination

	Number of foetal samples collected/Total number of foetuses
Group 1 (iv)				Group 2 (sc)			Group 3 (Control)
Day pi	PBMC	Thymus	Spleen	PBMC	Thymus	Spleen	PBMC	Thymus	Spleen
14	2/2	0/2	2/2	2/2	0/2	2/2	2/2	0/2	2/2
28	0/2‡	0/2‡	0/2‡	0/2	1/2‡	1/2‡	0/2	2/2	2/2
42	0/2†	0/2†	0/2†	1/2‡	1/2‡	1/2‡	2/2	2/2	2/2
56	0/2†	0/2†	0/2†	1/2‡	1/2‡	1/2‡	0/2	2/2	2/2

‡ − Foetus found dead in utero (No Samples able to be collected).† − No foetus found (due to resorption or abortion).

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