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Table 2 Serology (RHDV only) of rabbits surviving the RHDV challenge

From: The non-pathogenic Australian rabbit calicivirus RCV-A1 provides temporal and partial cross protection to lethal Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus infection which is not dependent on antibody titres

    

Antibodies to RHDV

     

RHDV copies/μl bile

IgM

IgA

IgG

cELISA

 

ID

Sex

Inoculation

Weight loss*

13 dpc

30 dpc

13 dpc

30 dpc

13 dpc

30 dpc

13 dpc

30 dpc

30 dpc

18

m

infected

Y

+

–

+

+

> 40960

> 40960

> 640

> 640

4.11E + 03

32

f

infected

Y

+

+

+

+

> 40960

> 40960

> 640

>640

1.55E + 04

40

f

contact

N

+

+

+

+

D

> 40960

320

> 640

5.23E + 04

25

f

contact

N

–

–

–

D

40

> 40960

20

> 640

2.07E + 01

30

f

infected

N

–

–

–

+

1280

5120

–

160

1.70E + 01

11

f

contact

N

–

–

–

–

–

1280

–

–

–

  1. Titres are expressed as the reciprocal dilutions at which the sera tested positive.
  2. * Weight loss >10%, dpc = days post RHDV challenge, – = negative, + = positive.
  3. D, Doubtful.