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Table 3 Virus isolation from buccal and cloacal swabs collected over 28 days from infected broilersand contact naïve sparrow

From: Infectivity and transmissibility of H9N2 avian influenza virus in chickens and wild terrestrial birds

 

Species

Number of birds

Swab samples

Days post infection

2

3

4

6

8

10

14

21

28

Cage 1

Infected broilers

10

B

4

10

10

10

10

6

2

-

-

C

-

10

10

10

10

6

1

-

-

Contact sparrows

10

B

2

5

10

6

1

3

-

-

-

C

-

-

10

10

10

7

-

-

-

Cage 2

Infected sparrows

10

B

10

10

10

10

10

1

-

-

-

C

8

10

10

10

10

8

3

-

-

Contact broilers

10

B

-

2

10

10

10

8

-

-

-

C

-

-

6

10

10

10

1

-

-

  1. B, denotes buccal swabs. C, denotes cloacal swabs and -, indicated that the swabs showed no virus presence. Infected birds were inoculated with 106.6 EID50 UDL-01/08 virus. Swab samples were inoculated into EHE and virus was detected by HA assay. Contact birds are indicated in bold.
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