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Table 3 Detection of BTV RNA and anti-BTV antibodies in tissues and milk from ewes.

From: Transplacental transmission of field and rescued strains of BTV-2 and BTV-8 in experimentally infected sheep

Sheep

 Virus

Spleen

Mesenteric Lymph nodes

Milk (on day of parturition)

Anti-BTV abs in milk

1

Control

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

NEG

2

 

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

NEG

3

 

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

NEG

4

 

27.31

-

34.63

+

5

BTV-2 wt

30.07

-

-

+

6

 

23.14

31.03

29.76

+

7

 

24.13

33.37

-

+

8

 

26.36

-

-

+

9

 

27.59

31.6

-

+

10

 

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

+

11

BTV-8 wt

33.00

-

-

+

12

 

28.81

32.03

-

+

13

 

28.56

35.10

-

+

14

 

30.42

34.12

-

+

15

 

30.59

33.04

-

+

16

 

30.13

32.65

1

+

17

BTV-8 rg

35.51

31.99

-

+

18

 

29.66

-

-

+

19

 

28.32

33.98

-

+

20

 

29.84

-

-

+

21

 

26.19

-

-

+

22

 

28.31

32.86

-

+

23

BTV-2 rg

32.13

-

-

+

24

 

30.48

-

- 1

+

25

 

28.66

-

- 1

+

26

 

28.38

-

35.08

+

27

 

26.72

33.11

-

+

28

 

26.68

-

-

+

  1. 1: Milk samples collected on later days contained low levels of BTV RNA but it may be that the milk was contaminated by blood from the ewe.